Opinion ID: 622342
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Heading: Plaintiffs Casassa

Text: The Casassas allege that they were matched with Guatemalan twins by the defendants around January 28, 2006, after which they signed an adoption agreement and wired money for adoption fees and foster fees. On May 24, 2006, Boraggina emailed to advise them that the twins had been reclaimed by their birth mother. They assert that the twins had not been reclaimed by their birth mother but instead were already matched with another family through a different adoption agency. They allege that Boraggina had knowledge of this fact at the end of January 2006, when Waiting Angels collected fees for the adoption. They support this allegation by asserting further: (1) during the four months they were matched with the twins, the defendants sent no photos or medical information; (2) the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala had no record of a pending adoption case involving the Casassas; (3) the defendants did not respond to demands for proof that the plaintiffs' money had been sent to Guatemala; and (4) the twins had not been reclaimed by their birth mother but were matched with another adoptive family through a different adoption agency. The Casassas also allege that on June 26, 2006, they contacted the defendants for an update and to inquire about the photos of new babies and toddlers being offered for adoption on the Waiting Angels website. The defendants informed the Casassas that the couple was not sent any referrals because the children pictured on the website were being handled by a Guatemalan attorney other than the attorney handling the twins' adoption. The couple further alleges that they were later told that the defendants could not get birth certificates for the babies they were displaying on the website.