Single Parent Adoptions are rare in Canada because the Child Welfare Act says only under special circumstances can they be allowed. Helen Rutherford, (...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Single Parent Adoptions are rare in Canada because the Child Welfare Act says only under special circumstances can they be allowed. Helen Rutherford; pictured here with her daughter Laurie; is second unmarried woman to adopt in Toronto in last year; has applied to Children's Aid for another child.