David Van Turnhout

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Vanaf de jaren 50 tot begin de jaren 80 zetten katholieke adoptiebureaus ongehuwde moeders onder druk om hun pasgeboren kind af te staan. In drie afleveringen neemt onderzoeksjournalist David Van Turnhout die activiteiten onder de loep.

Vandaag deel 1: de naam Adoptiewerk Thérèse Wante keert in adoptiedossiers steeds terug, wat was haar rol?

Now that Spoorloos is ending, the government must make money available for adoptees who are looking for relatives. That is what experts and people involved say. Former editors of the TV program will be questioned in court on Thursday.

Shortly after the adopted Iris Kolthof had heard from a Spoorloos editor that she would be reunited with biological family members, it turned out that the TV program would be taken off the air immediately. That decision followed more than a week after the news, in the Volkskrant of February 12, that the editors had linked Marthainès de Vries to the wrong relatives in Colombia .

After a great deal of commotion about De Vries' heartbreaking story, KRO-NCRV decided to stop showing Spoorloos and to throw out the recordings for the coming season. To prevent De Vries and other victims of a mismatch - officially there are eight - from being confronted with the program again.

Kolthof (32) was informed five minutes before the press release. 'I was shocked. I was supposed to travel to Brazil with a team from Spoorloos in mid-March . I knew they had a DNA match. I would hear the rest there.' To her relief, it turned out that the trip would go ahead as planned, because it had already been set in motion. 'But the reunion will not be filmed or broadcast.'

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The Kerala High Court has ruled that adoption by step-parent cannot be permitted unless the biological parent of the child gives consent for adoption. The Court further clarified that CARA (Central Adoption Resource Agency) cannot relax the requirement of obtaining biological parent's consent for adoption under the Adoption Regulations due to the legal implications of an adoption.Justice...

Only after several adoptees spoke out did the Minister of Employment say that she would change the rules.

Minister of Employment Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (S) has been in the middle of a storm for a few weeks.

Because it has turned out that the new law on work obligations in connection with cash benefits, which was intended to affect immigrants in particular, would also affect adoptees. This meant that adoptees would not have the same rights as their Danish-born family.

This stirred up emotions among several adoptees and their families, who, among other things, made it clear under #ErJegStadigDanish? that they felt alienated. They were placed in the "immigrant" category in the legislation.

This subsequently caused several parties to raise their voices. And the question of what the minister knew when has been floating in the wind.

When doctors at Wadia Hospital revealed the baby’s HIV status, the ‘adoptive’ mother disowned the child, said Ramkrishna Reddy, district child protection officer, Thane.

The Mumbai police have booked two women from Thane who allegedly adopted a child illegally after tricking the administration of KEM Hospital. A search is on to locate both the accused who hail from Kalyan (East).

According to police sources, one of the women posed as the other person at the hospital and delivered the child. This allowed the ‘adoptive’ mother to procure a birth certificate which stated that she was the child’s biological mother.

The matter, however, came to light after the baby developed health complications and doctors at Wadia Hospital found out that she was HIV+. A First Information Report in this regard was initially lodged at Thane’s Manpada police station on Saturday and was transferred to Mumbai’s Bhoiwada police station by Sunday.

As per sources with the police, the child’s biological parents come from a poor financial background. The baby’s mother, aged 38, tried to abort the pregnancy as her husband is a drunkard and they were struggling to run the family. During this time, she came in contact with another woman, aged 37, who was looking to adopt a child as she was unable to have a baby due to some health complications.

Meerut: A court in Bijnor sentenced two brothers to life imprisonment for the 2016 murder of their adopted cousin amid a long-standing family dispute over inheritance. 

The additional sessions judge, Prakash Chand Shukla, on Thursday also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on each convict, with Rs 90,000 set aside as compensation for Rahul's (20) father, Ramratan, said ADGC Mukesh Chauhan.Chauhan said, 

"Rohit's elder brother, Somnath, lodged a complaint. Rohit was adopted by his uncle Raju, a confectioner who had no children. 

However, Raju's nephews—Surdeep Kumar (35) and Gautam Kumar (33)—opposed the adoption, fearing it would jeopardise their claim to his property.

"The resentment led to escalating tensions, ultimately forcing the brothers to leave the family home and move to a rented house in Ram Colony, Chandpur. 

Experts point out that because of the loopholes in the time-consuming CARA procedures, many childless couples prefer the illegal method and are willing to shell down the amounts that are demanded by the likes of Krishnaveni and Vandana.



Hyderabad: Chaitanyapuri police, probing child trafficking cases in the city, arrested and remanded three more persons under the Juvenile Act for their role in illegally selling abandoned or orphaned kids in the name of adoption. The three Umarani, Jayasree and Soni Keerthi are the mediators for the prime accused Kola Krishnaveni and Vandana, who sell infants to desperate childless couples. The mediators identify couples craving to adopt as they are easy targets. Vandana remains elusive.
 

It can be recalled that in a similar case in Medipally last May, 15 kids were rescued and the parents were sent notices, though they were not arrested. In this case, the parents, who adopted infants through illegal means, have been arrested and charged under the Juvenile Act. Meanwhile, a source said they will seek judicial intervention, which could be a setback to the children currently housed in CWC Shelter.
 

Most of the parents in the Medipally case approached the court for custody of the kids they had adopted. The case remains stuck in court and it may take quite a while for the adoption process to be legalised. Experts point out that because of the loopholes in the time-consuming CARA procedures, many childless couples prefer the illegal method and are willing to shell down the amounts that are demanded by the likes of Krishnaveni and Vandana.
 

The unsealed indictment reveals evidence and testimony on disturbing child torture details and missed opportunities by San Diego County to intervene.

By Alexis Rivas, Mike Dorfman and Meredith Royster • Published February 26, 2025 • Updated on February 27, 2025 at 12:15 pm

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