Thirteen year olds adopting characters, for one. Being unable to get a hold of players of characters simply due to having been adopted and the userinfo not updated. Players adopting in and being totally unaware of the game's rules. Players secretly going above the four character limit due to adoptions.

While yes, somewhat of an unassociated set of reasons in comparison to this particular case, special treatment, especially for ones such as this that will be easily resolved by walking through the adoption process in a few days, sets a horrible precedent.

It may look like a mess of red tape, but it'll be very simple once it is up and running, I promise.