A change in the law has contributed to more Danish children being forcibly adopted, writes Kristeligt Dagblad.

In 2022, the Danish Appeals Board released eight more children for forced adoption nationwide than the year before.
 

This is shown in an extract from the Danish Appeals Authority's case processing system according to Kristeligt Dagblad.

We see that there are recommendations for forced adoption, even if the parents of placed children comply with all agreements on contact and have good contact

BITTEN KJÆRSGAARD, FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY

A total of 37 children were forcibly adopted in 2022 compared to 29 in 2021.

One of INEA's goals is to sustainably promote and strengthen connections, collaboration and knowledge sharing within the current adoption field. Interest groups for intercountry adoptees are valuable partners for INEA because of their expertise, experience and network in specific countries of origin. Particularly when it comes to support in carrying out searches in countries of origin, they have a wealth of knowledge and know-how. The Ministry of Justice and Security has made financial resources available for these organizations in the form of the subsidy scheme 'International Adoptee Interest Organizations' (hereinafter: the subsidy scheme). But how did this subsidy scheme come about and how do you apply for a subsidy?

Why a subsidy scheme?

A large group of international adoptees has been left out in the cold for a long time. Abuses came to light that made searches for and issues surrounding distance, adoption and identity complicated or impossible. In addition, adoptees have different questions and needs at different times in their lives. With the arrival of INEA, we want to ensure that intercountry adoptees and their families are seen and heard at all stages of life regarding questions about distance, adoption and identity.

The current support offering is fragmented; There are interest groups that differ in size, offering, approach and professionalism. The subsidy scheme was created to sustainably promote and strengthen the current support offered by interest groups. The ministry has consciously chosen not to pay individual compensation to adoptees in the Netherlands. One of the reasons is that general support and the creation of an improved infrastructure contributes more to assisting the broad target group of intercountry adoptees than providing uniform individual benefits to the entire group.

The subsidy scheme explained

KOCHI: Children born to victims of sexual assault, even after legal adoption should not be forced for DNA blood sample tests, said HCThe High Court Justice K Babu put an interim stay to the many lower court decisions allowing DNA samples to be taken from such children

Kerala State Legal Service Authority(KELSA) controlled Victims Rights Center project coordinator advocate Parvati Menon earlier made a report saying the procedure was an intrusion into the privacy of such children who will get strangled in thoughts if revealed their identity

“The child would have blended so well with the adopted family that a sudden revelation that he/she is an adopted child and that too of a rape victim can imbalance their emotional status and can result in them exhibiting behavioral disorders and aberrations,” said the report by the Victim Rights Centre

The report reached the court through the advocate general. Meanwhile, the single bench has asked for a response from Government and KELSA and scheduled the next hearing on July 21

The DNA samples can be collected from children only for cases including alimony and divorce

The Search Squad uses old-fashioned snooping skills to bring families together.

By Danielle Campoamor

One Facebook group is showing the true power of social media by helping people find the missing pieces of their lives.

A group named Search Squad uses old-fashioned snooping skills and connections on the social media app Facebook to help reunite family members around the world who have been separated by either adoption or other factors.

The group, which is volunteer-based and who call themselves 'Search Angels', say that everything they do is free of charge. To date, the group has helped thousands of people learn more about who they are, where they came from and — perhaps most importantly — complete their forever families.

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis recently promulgated a law increasing the duration of parental leave for parents who have adopted a child from one year, which is currently the case, to two years.

The project provides that the adopter or, optionally, either of the spouses of the adopting family who earn income subject to income tax, either from salary and related activities or from independent activities, copyright, or agricultural activities, may benefit from a so-called accommodation leave with a maximum duration of two years, as well as a monthly allowance.

The project's initiator, Liberal (PNL) deputy Alin Ignat, said after the parliamentary vote that the initiative is as simple as it is essential for people who decide to adopt a child in Romania, but especially for children who are given the chance of a life in a family through adoption.

"Today, these people benefit, upon request, from a paid leave with a maximum duration of one year. Unfortunately, reality shows us that many of the adopted children who have ended up in the social protection system following abandonment or the death of their parents have severe traumas to overcome, and the process of adapting to the new family is complex and full of challenges, a process that often involves psycho-emotional, medical, and behavioral recovery through integration into various specialized programs. We started from such cases when we devised and initiated the project that helps adoptive parents by granting the possibility of an accommodation leave of up to two years," Ignat said, cited by News.ro.

The Liberal deputy also stated that this project addresses the problem not only financially, but also addresses time, a resource that is often more precious. "In this case, it is about the time spent together by families where adoption truly creates parents and children, time translated into trust in each other, in oneself, and in the future, time translated into secure attachment, needs that receive responses, and steps towards emotional balance," he said.

Online it is teeming with self-proclaimed health gurus and life coaches, according to science journalist Adriaan ter Braack, known as quackery critic 'Sjamadriaan'. He competes with the opportunistic 'fake gurus', who promote products that, at best, do nothing.

very morning there was a glass of water on the table, with a piece of paper underneath. A grid of two by two boxes was drawn on this, in which random numbers were written. According to a naturopath, the energy of the numbers would radiate into the water, causing my father to recover.

AN OPPORTUNISTIC NATUROPATH DISRUPTED MY FATHER'S RECONCILIATION PROCESS WITH FATE

The Rajasthan High Court has directed "adoptive parents" of a child to hand over the custody of the nine-month-old to her biological mother, after finding that the child was illegally taken away by the woman's father and handed over to someone else. The child is over 9 months old and her mother is about 18 years and three months old. The custody of the minor child was handed over to...

The Bombay High Court clarified on Friday that it hadn’t stalled any adoptions and all procedures should continue as they were before the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment 2021.A division bench of Justice GS Patel and Neela Gokhale made the clarification in view of news reports that adoptions had come to a standstill following its order in January 2023.“We...

Andrea's birthday is always fraught with despair.

Key points:

• Andrea found out she was adopted when she was five
• She's struggled with the trauma ever since
• She wants to make sure other adoptees are better supported

Even when she was a child, Andrea struggled to enjoy the day of her birth.

"Yes, of course I enjoyed the presents and got excited, but I could not take this blackness off me every time it came to my birthday," she said.

They’re sick of hearing “You should be grateful.”

During the 90s and early aughts, you probably knew of a family who adopted a baby girl from China. At the time, the One Child Policy limited the number of children in Chinese families, and many Chinese kids were adopted by Western families as a result. (According to the State Department, American families adopted about 81,600 Chinese children from 1999 to 2018). The media narrative around this focused on adoptive families saving babies and young children from bad circumstances. 

Content creator Taylor Shennett was one of these babies — she was adopted from China at nine months old by American parents: “[My parents] chose to do international adoption because my aunt saw a video about the One Child Policy and the overflow of girls in China,” she tells Katie Couric Media.  

But adult adoptees like Shennett say that the narrative around adoption focuses too much on gestures toward an infant in need. She’s turned to an unexpected platform to speak out on how you probably use the wrong words when you describe the experience of adoption. And there’s also a chance you’re not really hearing adult adoptees when they discuss some of their less-than-pretty experiences.

By now, you’re familiar with the silly trends (like funny filters, songs, and dances) that TikTok has popularized. But adult international adoptees use TikTok for serious advocacy — and they’re reaching a real audience. The hashtag “adoptiontrauma” on TikTok currently has 92.8 million views while “adoptionstory” has a whopping 836.2 million views.