Her low-gifted adoptive parents let Mariël (39) know almost daily that she did not live up to expectations. The foster family where she ended up turned out to be her salvation. “I was a lonely girl with a broken heart.”

“I was four months old when I came to the Netherlands. My adoptive parents could not have children and the church helped them financially to bring me to the Netherlands. In addition to financial support, the church also promised spiritual help. 'We are behind this', was the message.

I noticed from a very young age that things were different at our house. When I wanted to play after school, it always happened at other children's houses. 'Take her with you. She can also continue to eat,' my adoptive mother would say to the other parents. As long as I wouldn't cause her too much trouble, it soon became clear to me. She also said it literally: that afterwards she would rather not have had me. I had cost my parents and the Church a lot of money and not live up to that amount. When I was very little, I had no idea of ??the impact of those words. I had been very expensive, I was told almost daily. I liked that quite a bit.”

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“My adoptive mother often stayed in bed until half past eleven. By then I had already got up and walked around the house on my own in my pajamas. I didn't always go to school. My adoptive father would take me to work at a sheltered workshop. Then he said I was on vacation. Or a day off. In those early years, the school allowed that. Nobody intervened.

The Karnataka High Court ruled that adopting a child directly from the parents, where the ward is not abandoned or surrendered or an orphan, does not constitute an offence.

The Karnataka High Court has ruled that adopting a child directly from the parents, where the ward is not abandoned or surrendered or an orphan, does not constitute an offence under Section 80 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

The Karnataka HC ruled that adopting a child directly from the parents, where the ward is not abandoned or surrendered or an orphan, does not constitute an offence. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

Justice Hemanth Chandanagoudar, in a recent order, quashed the proceedings against four people in the Magistrate court. “In the absence of any declaration that the child is deserted by his biological or adoptive parents or guardians, the filing of the charge sheet is also without any substance,” the High Court said.

Banu Begum, a resident of Koppal, had delivered twin girls in 2018, and one of these children was given in adoption by her and her husband Mahiboobsab Nabisab to the couple Zareena Begum and Shaakshavali Abdulsab Hudedamani.

The Karnataka High Court has said that in the absence of a declaration that a child is

deserted by his biological or adoptive parents or guardians, filing of chargesheet under

section 80 of the Juvenile Justice (Care And Protection Of Children) Act 2015, is without

any substance.

Section 80 provides punishment for adopting any orphan, abandoned or surrendered

From disseminating Edward Snowden’s damning NSA leaks to becoming a leading critic of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, American journalist Glenn Greenwald and his husband, Brazilian Congressman David Miranda, are no strangers to controversy. Nor are they rattled by its attendant fiery chain reactions: It was, after all, a spilled drink in the sands of Ipanema that sparked a rapid relationship and, eventually, a long, arduous battle for the future of Brazil.

Here, the couple reflect on parenting, politics, and personal measures they’ve had to take at the precipice of the country’s bitter political divide.

ON THEIR FIRST MEETING AND FAMILY

David Miranda: We met on Ipanema beach, in front of Farme de Amoedo street, where I was playing footvolley. I kicked a ball straight into Glenn’s drink and spilled it, so I went up to him and apologized. We both took a good look at each other. It was love at first sight. And here we are together, stronger than ever, after 17 years.

Glenn Greenwald: I was going through a midlife crisis and I wanted to figure out my life. So, I rented an apartment for seven weeks in Rio, and I met David on the first day. When you go to Rio, you’re not looking for marriage — you’re not really looking for anything other than some fun. But love often happens when you are not looking for it, and right from the beginning I felt he was the one for me. That feeling has grown every day, right up to this day.

In a shocking incident, a newborn baby was found left inside a dustbin at NS Road, Marine Drive on Saturday morning.

As per reports from Mid-Day, the infant was discovered by a BMC cleaner, who with the help of locals recovered the baby from the dustbin and provided him first-aid treatment and milk.

A case was registered against the unknown parents of the baby after the BMC cleaner informed the Marine Drive police station about the occurrence.

Earlier on Friday, a child was kidnapped from Boisar railway station. However, the case of the kidnapping was solved and the accused was nabbed within eight hours of the incident.

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HYDERABAD: Saroornagar police are searching for a man who is suspected to have killed his adoptive mother and fled with 30 tolas of gold late on Friday. According to the police, one Jangaiah found his 58-year-old wife Bhoodevi dead in his home on Saturday morning and the gold along with their adopted son missing.

Based on Jangaiah’s complaint, they registered a case and launched efforts to trace Sai Teja. While there were no visible injuries on the body, it was sent for postmortem to the Gandhi Hospital. Authorities are awaiting the report. Police sources said Jangaiah was not keen to mention Sai Teja as a suspect and said that he used to get along well with the family.

SINGAPORE - The four-year-old girl was abused by her stepfather and later ostracised by both her parents, but her mother refused to let her be adopted by another family.

The girl had been placed in the care of foster parents to remove her from her abusive stepfather. When she finally went home, the physical abuse stopped but the couple began to shun her and favour the two children from their new marriage.

Ms Ng Kwai Sim, centre head of Heart@Fei Yue, a child protection specialist centre, said they asked the mother to place the child for adoption for her safety and psychological well-being.

"The birth mother rejected the option (of adoption) for fear that she would be seen by her family and friends as a lousy mother," Ms Ng said.

"The lack of a stable home environment and a secure caregiver often result in a child feeling rejected. Many of these children have difficulty forming trusting relationships with others," she added.

Mother Teresa was canonised for her work with the poor, but a compelling new series claims there was a MUCH darker side to the nun... and asks: Was she a saint or sinner?

Sky documentary claims Mother Teresa covered up the worst excesses of church

Doctor Jack Preger worked with her charity, and was shocked by what he saw

Woman who worked with her for two years says she was 'schizophrenic' because she thought 'being poor like Jesus was good'

She was able to stop wars, befriend presidents, build a global empire of orphanages and have sick prisoners released from prison. Yet Mother Teresa also covered up for the worst excesses of the Catholic church and seemed more attracted to poverty and pain than actually helping people escape it.

I will first comment on where we are today in terms of inter-country adoption (ICA) practice at the global level, then consider our experience of the outcomes of a suspension of ICAs, and finally ? in all modesty as an outsider ? offer some thoughts on what the path forward for Korea might be.

On the global level, where are we today?

The 1993 Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption (HC 93) has been useful in confronting certain problems associated with ICA ? and indeed in reducing unwarranted recourse to ICA ? but it has by no means eliminated all those problems. This is demonstrated by the fact, for example, that expert groups at The Hague are still working on ways to prevent and address illegal adoptions and to tighten financial standards.

HC 93 certainly constitutes a landmark in ongoing efforts to formalize, harmonize and regulate more strictly the processes in ICA, including financial aspects, but it fails to tackle certain essential issues.

This is because HC93 is grounded in a system whose key features are the same as when the first adoptions took place from Korea in the 1950s, initially instigated by what were known as "humanitarian" concerns. ICA is still carried out through mediation by non-state actors ? private entities or agencies ? where prospective adopters pay for the "privilege" of caring for a child. That system is fundamentally flawed but has not been seriously questioned until very recently.

The Archdiocese of Vancouver has released an apology on Mother’s Day weekend for its role in what has been called Canada’s “post-war adoption mandate” that led to the coerced separation of unmarried mothers from their children.

The apology, released Friday, said in 1933 the Archdiocese of Vancouver founded a home for unmarried mothers where many women were pressured to give up their babies.

The Our Lady of Mercy Home for unmarried mothers, under the direction of the Superintendent of Child Welfare of the Province of British Columbia, was located at 54th Avenue and Oak Street in Vancouver and offered unwed pregnant mothers “a place to stay, arrangements for medical care, counselling, financial planning, and temporary foster care for those who needed time to plan their future and make decisions about the care of their child, including adoption.”

The archdiocese’s apology said, “We now know that many of these mothers faced pressures that adoption was the only choice.”

The archdiocese’s role “in any pressured and coerced adoptions created a legacy of pain and suffering,” said the statement. “We contributed to a culture of shame, guilt and secrecy, which often led to pain and isolation.”