The former head of Adoption by Choice, an Alberta adoption agency that closed suddenly last May, has been handed a 12-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to false representation. In addition to the suspended sentence, Judge Harry van Harden ordered Kindrat to complete 60 hours of community service. If Kindrat wants to provide counselling services in the future, the judge ruled it must be in accordance with the Alberta College of Social Workers. At the same time Kindrat was running the agency, she was also operating YYC Counselling, a business that offered private counselling sessions to newly adoptive parents. Kindrat, and the agency, are currently facing a number of civil suits, including one filed on behalf of a group of former clients.

Source: CBC News March 26, 2021 00:22 UTC