Hi-Line Living: Life After Adoption

Randy and Amanda Christofferson couldn't have children. They both wanted to, badly, but Amanda said she couldn't conceive. So in 2010, they started fostering children, and over the next three years, they would foster a total of nine.

The departure of the last two children really upset them, especially, they said, because they were made to believe those would be the ones who would finally become permanent family.

"The week before Christmas, the social worker from Great Falls told us, 'Looks like ICWA (Indian Children Welfare Act) is going to step away - the kids will be yours. You can tell...