Marshallese adotions
Honolulu, HAWAII — A Texas lawyer is arranging adoptions that involve birth mothers flown from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. in defiance of a treaty between the two nations, and has told U.S. clients she has done it repeatedly.
“Yes, it’s legal to pay for tickets,” Jody Hall, who runs a Dallas...

![B.J. Lejjena before he was adopted to a U.S. couple through Texas lawyer Jody Hall. [Courtesy of Julius Lejjena] B.J. Lejjena before he was adopted](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lejjena-child.jpg?itok=dm2tRrfK)