People down the street from me use their adopted kid as an accessory: They originally had a girl they were fostering, had her for more than a year. The kid got along great with the couple's biological kids. Became part of the family, etc. Then they got into it with the state/kids birth parents, lots of drama, etc. So after months of hassle and stress, they decide to just say F it, and the family gives the kid back to the state. After a month or so they get another kid in the house, another girl around the same age, with the same name. The mom and dad don't understand why everyone in the neighborhood sees a problem with the situation. Now they've adopted this second girl 2.0. Same model, just with less hassle! Top it off with the family being hippies of the highest order; they are strict plant-only eaters, to the point where with their youngest child they were forced by a judge to change the child's diet, as he was in the bottom 10% for height and weight.
Everyone in the neighborhood with kids was shocked when suddenly their kid's friend/playmate just disappeared. Then poof another similar-looking kid with the same name appears and everyone is supposed to act like nothing happened. Our neighborhood is pretty close, and everyone's kids kind of roam around in one big gang; it's not uncommon for 10+ kids to show up and eat lunch at a random friend's house in the neighborhood, etc.