Pavel Astakhov sparked controversy last month, alleging he had been murdered by his adoptive mother.

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When he died, Russia's children's commissioner Pavel Astakhov alleged he had been murdered by his adoptive mother.

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Mr Astakhov had initially broken news of the death on Twitter, saying the child's adoptive mother had killed him.

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And, yes, like Jolie, Taylor was an adoptive mother.

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Ms. SUZANNE MURRAY (Adoptive Embryo Mother): Thank you.

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Several parties have a stake in what happens to this girl: Her biological mother and father, the adoptive parents, the federal government, the Oklahoma-based tribe, and a legal guardian appointed by the state to represent the child's interests.

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The Capobiancos think the issue should be about whether the ICWA law can improperly block adoption proceedings voluntarily initiated by a non-Indian mother who had sole custody of her child, due to what the adoptive parents say is the Indian father's failure to establish a legal parent-child relationship under state law.

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In 1946, she was reported to the Czech authorities by her adoptive family and returned to Czechoslovakia in July of the same year, to be re-united with her mother.

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