Ea Kristine and Snorre Bakken's hope for a new family member may be dashed. Again.

The case in summary

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- Ea Kristine and Snorre Bakken from Vinje have been waiting for several years to become adoptive parents, but a public investigation could lead to a complete halt in adoptions until 2025. - Serious errors and shortcomings have been uncovered in connection with adoption to Norway, and
a committee must examine adoptions from abroad.
- Children's Minister Kjersti Toppe (Sp) will make the final decision on a possible suspension of adoption when she receives the case, which will be handed over to her ministry before Christmas.
- Organizations and families who want to adopt experience great anxiety because of the uncertainty.
- The Bakken couple agree that the adoption process should be strict, but find it difficult to understand that an investigation could lead to a complete halt in all adoptions to Norway.
- In Norway, there are three approved organizations that mediate adoption from abroad.

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An inquiry, into a petition sent to the Chief Minister’s cell, held in Tiruchi revealed that a two-year-old boy from Sivakasi had been given for illegal adoption to a childless couple in Tiruchi.

Sivakasi East police have registered a case against the biological parents in Sivakasi and the adopted parents in Tiruchi along with few others for cheating, forgery and under the provisions of Adoption Act and Juvenile Justice and Care Act.

The police said that the biological parents had two sons aged 3 and 2. In the meantime, the woman had deserted the husband over a quarrel and was living separately.

Since the father could not raise both the sons single-handedly, the man, who was running a matrimonial office in Tiruchi, came across the issueless couple in Tiruchi. Subsequently, the second son was handed over to the Tiruchi couple. A police officer claimed that no evidence for monetary transaction for “selling” the baby has been found so far.

The adopted parents had attempted to get a birth certificate for the boy with fake documents that they were the biological parents of the boy.

BHUBANESWAR: A year after the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act was amended to make adoption of orphaned and abandoned children simpler, Odisha has witnessed a significant rise in such children finding parental care, both within and outside the state.

As per reports of the Women and Child Development (WCD) department, 188  orphaned/ abandoned/ surrendered children have found adoptive homes in the year 2022-23. And from January to October this year, an additional 130 children have been adopted through the department’s specialised adoption agencies (SAAs).

As per the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) data, 150 (65 boys and 85 girls) children of Odisha were adopted within the country from April, 2021 to March, 2022.  The number was 28 (10 boys and 18 girls) in case of inter-country adoptions from the state. There are 33 SAAs under the department in 28 districts through which children are adopted. Although the Act mandates that adoption cases should be disposed of within two months of filing of the application, usually the adoption process takes a minimum of three years.

In September last year, the Centre amended the  Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act thereby transferring the power of authorising adoptions from judiciary to district collectors, making the process less time-consuming and hassle-free. Earlier, after completion of all the formalities, the adoptive parent/s were required to approach the family or civil courts to get the final approval which made it a lengthy process.

Officials of the department said as per the adoption trends of the state, children in the age group of 0 to 2 years are the most preferred for adoption. “During this month which is observed as the adoption awareness month, our objective has been to promote adoption of older children, especially in the age group between 6 and 18 years and familiarise the adoption process as well as promotion of legal adoption,” said WCD Minister Basanti Hembram.

Hi everyone my name is Lynelle Long and I’m a Vietnamese adoptee raised in Australia. I’m also the founder of InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV) and I’m presenting to you from Sydney. Firstly, I wish to thank the UN Committees and Special Rapporteurs for inviting ICAV here today and for their hard work and commitment to supporting us. Special thanks to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances for making this possible and coordinating us all! I am honoured to be here with my fellow colleagues! Having published the UN Joint Statement a year ago, it was and remains a beacon of light after so many years of our voices crying out in what often felt like the darkness. Perhaps because of our great resilience and courage from being sent abroad completely alone as adoptees into a foreign country as infants and young children, we have developed the tenacity and will power to be able to stand here today to fight for our rights and call out the wrongs done to so many of us. Our global community is large and ICAV is here to represent a portion of that. I would love for all of them to present to you themselves, but for the purposes of today’s meeting and due to the time constraints, ICAV has compiled a collaborative paper that gives you their input and perspectives, other than from only the speakers today. I know from providing peer support to this community for 25 years, that our experiences vary and it’s important to understand the nuances when trying to achieve real and impactful change. We come to you presenting our ICAV paper, representing 9 adoptive countries and 19 birth countries. Our paper has been provided as a link to the CED Secretariat but is also hosted at ICAVs website https://intercountryadopteevoices.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Victims-of-IllegalIntercountry-Adoption-Speak-Out-to-the-UN.pdf I’m going to speak about what we see as the top 4 priorities as shown in our global collaborative, and I provide my suggestion as to WHO should be involved and responsible to address each priority: Priority 1 We need legislative frameworks to define illegal intercountry adoptions and allow the prosecution of those who do wrong. We need to criminalise the behaviours and we need to remove barriers such as the statutes of limitations and ensure compensation to victims aligned to the lifelong impacts. Who responsible: Legislative frameworks need to be tackled by politicians and lawyers around the world and ultimately it is the public - the people - who push legislators and governments to do the will of the people. The UN could also further assist by developing an in-depth legal definition for what an illegal and illicit intercountry adoption is, providing examples. The UN is already addressing the huge need to educate people by holding this forum today. Papers like ICAVs and the many other adoptee led papers and resources that contribute significantly to this topic are important. We all do what we can to educate the world. Priority 2 Truth investigations that lead to public acknowledgement, an accounting for what has gone wrong, and having full, un-redacted access to our history and origins artefacts. Who responsible: States / governments around the world need to fund an independent body to conduct Truth Investigations so that the evidence is brought to light and then the States need to www.intercountryadopteevoices.com Page 1 of 2 give public acknowledgements and funding to remedy the wrongs of the past. Priority 3 The need for legislated and free post adoption supports that include illegal and illicit intercountry adoption specialist supports, esp DNA testing, genealogy, and search/reunification services. Not all countries currently offer post adoption supports. This needs to change. Who responsible: legislators to bring about the legislation part, but then States need to fund and ensure provision of trauma informed and professional services. Priority 4 Stop and end all intercountry adoptions as they are conducted today (Hague and non Hague) and until priority 1, 2 and 3 are addressed. We should not be continuing what has become the commodification and trade of children. Who responsible: States / governments, The Hague, need to step up and end this ongoing trade of children, take responsibility for their own and turn to local solutions in-country. Intercountry adoption in this manner and via the current processes since the past 70 years are not in the best interests of the child. To end, I want to bring attention to the voices of biological families who you have started to hear from today. I am thankful and honoured to have worked with the CED to enable this as our first event where adoptees and biological families can present our experiences and views, side by side. Illegal and illicit intercountry adoptions have lifelong and multi generational impacts and as adoptees being raised in mostly white western countries we have so much privilege, so much access to basic resources like internet and DNA technology. I am strongly of the view, and I lead from example, that we must do more to help bring our biological families with us so their voices can also be heard. Thank you and I look forward to listening to the rest of our presenters and working with the UN Committees into the future.

The adoption center is Sweden's largest mediator of international adoptions. Now the association has been denied continued adoption mediation from Madagascar and Panama. 

Adoption centers are no longer allowed to mediate adoptions from Madagascar and Panama.

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Rechter buigt zich over mislukte adoptie

OUDENAARDE/ GERAARDSBERGEN - Het parket van Oudenaarde heeft een 48-jarige man van Congolese afkomst voor de correctionele rechtbank gedaagd omdat hij zonder de nodige erkenning zou bemiddeld hebben bij een adoptie. De man, die in Geraardsbergen woont, ontkent de beschuldiging met klem. Een gezin uit Geraardsbergen, dat zich na het mislukken van de adoptie burgerlijke partij stelde, eist een schadevergoeding van 16.500 euro.

Nadat een adoptiepoging via Kind & Gezin geen soelaas bracht, kwam een koppel uit Geraardsbergen op café toevallig in contact met de beklaagde. ,,Hij stelde zich voor als voorzitter van een adoptievereniging in

en hij verzekerde mijn cliënten dat hij hen kon helpen'', lichtte de verdediging toe.

Belgische Senaat

ZITTING 2002-2003

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WOENSDAG 19 DECEMBER 2001 - OCHTENDVERGADERING

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