[Mcclay]

Greetings,
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> My name is Rod, both my wife Jen and I are in the early stages of wanting to adopt a girl from china. We hope to contact others about their experiences. I am new to forums, only read them, and never had a reason to ask questions until now. A question that has been weighing on me the last week or so has to do with the criminal back ground check. Sixteen years ago if pleaded guilty to possession of stolen car stereo, which turned out being a misdemeanor. Never had any other problems before or since that time. Ten years ago, I had that incident expunged, never followed up to see if the record was sealed though. Has anyone had a similar situation? Do you think this will affect our chances to adopt? >
> Thanks Rod