The court observed that the report that led to the girl being taken away was perhaps swayed by the fact that the petitioner has four children born to her.

Prayagraj:

Observing that the court may not let the law defeat the ends of justice, the Allahabad High Court has granted custody of a nine-year-old girl to a woman from who she was taken away "perhaps" because she already had four children of her own.

A division bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Manjive Shukle observed in its order issued on Monday that taking a child by way of adoption or foster care is neither contrary to the practices prevailing in societies nor it is something to be looked down upon.

The writ petition had been filed by a woman, named Meena, against a December 13, 2022 order of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Fatehgarh, Farrukhabad, whereby she was deprived of the custody of the child.

A programme to promote foster care is also being planned with the aim of reducing institutionalisation, says child welfare council general secretary

A get-together of those adopted from the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare since 1992 is planned for May, council general secretary G.L. Arun Gopi has said.

Mr. Gopi told mediapersons on Tuesday that nearly 1,000 people had been adopted from the council by families within the country and abroad.

Foster mom says she got her life back, as 'daughter' accompanies her home

“Ek didi thi, jiske saath main ludo khelti thi, voh god chali gayi (I used to play ludo with a girl, but she has been adopted)”, these were the first words of the nine-year-old, who walked out of the government shelter home, where she was staying for a-year-and-a-half after being caught in a tripartite custody battle in Agra.

The Rights of the Child in Internal and Intercountry Adoption Ethics and Principles Guidelines for Practice

Framework for a Plan of Action Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Seeking Family-based Alternatives for Children who are Abandoned or at Risk of Abandonment Regional Seminar for Eastern & Central Europe Sofia, Bulgaria, 28 September - 2 October 1992

ISS has a working relationship with

 The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

The Hague Conference on Private International Law

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

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I don't understand the need of the western world to see itself as being better suited to parent children born on the other side of the globe with a completely different culture. I am of the belief that I would have had a fine life in a poor family in Korea, because I would have been with my family and I would have been part of the majority in the country from which my DNA originates.

Try closing your eyes for a moment, no wait. Then you can't read on. Instead, just try to imagine that you had been put on a plane as a child. After many hours you landed in an African country without your family. In this African country – we can call it Kenya – you were met by two very dark people who told you in a language completely foreign to you that they were now your mother and father.

They hugged you, maybe kissed you on the forehead. Maybe they cried too. They said they had been waiting for just you for years. You didn't understand what happened. Perhaps you were only a few months old and therefore had no language. Maybe you were three years old and deeply unhappy because you missed kindergarten and your Danish mother and father.

International Social Service (ISS).

Please Note: If you are adopted through this KSS’ Partner Western Adoption Agency (in the time frames during which KSS worked with this Partner Western Adoption Agency) then you should initiate a Birth Family Search through KSS in Seoul. For KSS Adoptees ONLY, please see: Step by Step Korea Social Service (KSS) Birth Family Search.

1964 - 1967 (exact ending date is unknown but is probably around Relinquishment Year 1967): KSS adopts to International Social Service (ISS) in the US.

Please note that International Social Service (ISS) in Korea is now closed. If you were a KSS / ISS Adoptee, your files are likely to be at KSS in Seoul. However ISS’ files may also be maintained by another Korean Adoption Agency which remains open, Social Welfare Society (SWS), which is now called Korea Welfare Society (KWS). This may depend on your case. 

ISS may have been based in both Korea and the US.

ISS may have partnered in the US with a US ISS office and / or local US based Adoption Agency to conduct the home studies with adoptive parents. We do not know what all of these local US based Adoption Agencies might be. In one KSS / ISS Adoptee’s case, her US Adoption Agency was Children's Home Society - we are not sure if Children's Home Society simply conducted the home study in this Adoptee’s case, or if they had further involvement with her adoption.

ISS is now closed, and its files are now housed with Social Welfare Society (SWS) which is now called Korea Welfare Society (KWS) in Korea.

If you are a KSS / ISS Adoptee, contact both KSS (see link below) and SWS (now KWS) for a birth family search. This is because ISS files are now housed with KWS, but your files may also be at KSS (this may depend on your case). Please do a Google Search to locate the website for SWS / KWS in Korea.

Process of Adopting from Bangladesh

Note: At least one prospective adoptive parent must be a dual citizen of the U.S. and Bangladesh in order to adopt from Bangladesh.

IN COUNTRY PROVIDER: Although the US requires adoptive families to work through a US Hague accredited agency, Bangladesh does not work with US adoption agencies. The local authorities consider the process to be a domestic placement with Bangladesh citizens. The Guardianship process within Bangladesh is an independent process initiated directly by the Bangladeshi citizen. Hope International has agreements with local licensed attorneys and orphanages in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

TIMEFRAME: Depending on many different factors, including the number of eligible children at the time of your availability to travel to Bangladesh, the timeframe to prepare your initial paperwork and be matched with a child can take 6-12 months. Then it can take an additional 4-6 months to obtain the child’s visa for entry into the United States.

THE CHILDREN: Children available for adoption in Bangladesh are often orphaned due to the stigma of being an unwed mother, poverty, as well from disease and natural disasters. The children available for intercountry adoption from Bangladesh are 1 month-15 years old. There are also sibling groups and children with special needs living in government orphanages in need of an adoptive family.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE BY-LAWS (Adopted at the 2021 Extraordinary International Council, 7 April, Teleconference)