OVERVIEW The European Parliament is being consulted on a Commission proposal for a regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood. The regulation would harmonise the rules of jurisdiction and applicable law on parenthood adopted by the individual Member States and facilitate the recognition of parenthood. Within Parliament, the lead committee for the file is Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI). The Committees on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) issued their opinions on 9 October and 19 September 2023 respectively. In the Council, the file is being handled by the Working Party on Civil Law Matters (JUSTCIV).

Are you internationally oriented and do you like to easily make contact with people on the other side of the world? Are you interested in family relationships and want to help reunite relatives around the world? And are you also great at organizing and keeping an overview? Then this position as International Search Case Manager is made for you!

What does the job involve?

You conduct international searches for family members in both adoption-related and non-adoption-related contexts. You do this from a multidisciplinary team of colleagues, including care providers, policy officers and the national search team. You are approached by international correspondents who refer a search case to the Netherlands, or you refer cases to international correspondents to carry out searches all over the world. Below is a selection of your work:

• When a new case comes in, you determine how you can best help the searcher in his or her search
• You conduct intake interviews with new clients (searchers) to collect all available information about the wanted family member and to explain the search process in the country in question.
• Together with the care provider involved and a colleague from the national search team, you discuss the developments and challenges in one of your current cases. Together you will find ways to move forward, taking into account what is best for the seeker and the person sought.
• You investigate search options in different countries. This means that you contact organizations in countries of origin to discuss their working methods and search options, for example via a virtual meeting.

Who are you? 

Since childhood, Ruth Y. van de Vrede (53) has had two small tattoos, which were probably done by her family of origin in South Korea. She is looking for other adoptees from the country with similar tattoos, and wants answers about her adoption. "Maybe things didn't go so smoothly after all?"

Our Leadership

Recognized for its leadership and expertise in child welfare—especially adoption from foster care—NACAC’s board of directors includes adoptive, foster, and kinship care parents, child welfare professionals, adoptees and people who were in foster care, researchers, and other advocates who have a wealth of experience.

“NACAC is an introduction to innovation, progressive thinking, and forward-moving by people who are always looking for ways to do what we do better, faster, and smarter.”
–Claudia, adoptive parent and professional

Denise Goodman, PhD, ACSW, Ohio, President

Denise is an independent trainer and consultant from Ohio. Her areas of expertise are the topics of foster care and adoption. She has been a foster parent and has worked in child welfare as a childcare worker, ongoing protective worker, and coordinator of residential treatment.

Binnenland ma 28 mei 2007, 05:30

'OM moet eigen onderzoek doen in adoptiezaken'

door Jolande van der Graaf

Telegraaf, 28 mei 2007

AMSTERDAM – Het openbaar ministerie dient een diepgravend onderzoek te openen naar mogelijke strafbare praktijken door adoptiebureau Meiling en naar de rol van justitieambtenaren in het schandaal rond de Indiase kinderen. Dat zeggen strafrechtdeskundigen die de zaak op verzoek van De Telegraaf hebben bestudeerd.

The Karnataka High Court has directed the trial court to reconsider the petition filed under Section 8 and 9 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, by a member of the Scheduled Caste community residing at Jamakhandi, seeking to adopt a 19 year old. A single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum said adopting a major child was a legally recognised custom in Jamakhandi governed by the Bombay School of Hindu Law

“If petitioners are permanent residents of Jamakhandi, then I am of the view that since there is no dispute that Jamakhandi which was erstwhile princely State and part of Bombay province, the custom of adopting a major child is judicially recognized and therefore, I am of the view that the proof of the said custom is not necessary.”

The petition was filed by Sharada Walagad and Shrishail Shankareppa who had challenged the trial court's order rejecting their application for adoption

The impugned order pertained to a plea filed under Sections 8 and 9 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, seeking permission to allow Walagad to act as the guardian of Shankareppa and, consequently, to permit her to adopt Shankareppa. 

The petitioners, in this case, are residents of Jamakhandi, Karnataka. Petitioner no.1 was a retired government employee who claims to have lost her husband and has no biological children. Petitioner no.2 was a distant relative of petitioner no.1 and had lost both his parents during childhood. The petitioners initiated the petition, seeking permission for petitioner No.1 to adopt petitioner No.2. They cited a custom of adopting individuals aged over 15 years

Many people appreciated Megan and her family for lovingly accepting Ami while many others criticized them for not adopting American kids and traveling to a foreign country for the same.

It is often said that family is more than blood relations, a woman named Megan and her family in the USA have proved this right as they have adopted and accepted a young girl from India as part of their family. Recently Megan shared a heartwarming video on Instagram that documented their one year with Ami, her adopted daughter from India who has Down syndrome. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes intellectual and developmental delays. In her now-viral Instagram post, Megan captured how they took their first flight from India to the USA and how her family, including her two sons, gathered at the airport to welcome them. The clip then moved on to show the wholesome moments of learning, traveling, and playing they all shared with Ami.

While explaining their one year anniversary since Ami’s adoption, Megan wrote, “One year ago we met our daughter for the first time. Family of five, greeted at the airport, playing. In October 2022 we became parents to the spunkiest, silliest, most beautiful “baby" girl born in India. She is smart, has the biggest heart, and rocks an extra chromosome. She was a missing piece to our family puzzle and we are so grateful to have spent one full year together. I wasn’t sure what kind of video I wanted to put together so here is some never before seen footage of our arrival in the United States and a montage of what life has been with our sweet Ami girl.️ We could have missed this."

This clip has over 1.8 lakh likes so far. Appreciating Megan’s tender mothering skills, an Instagram user wrote, “You’ve given life to a child which is only a dream for many. God bless you. You have the kindest heart". Another person wrote, “My sister and brother are both adopted and older (I randomly appeared haha). My sister is Sri Lankan and I love stories like this, this one was a little closer than normal, congratulations mum and dad, and gorgeous baby girl too."

While many people appreciated Megan and her family for lovingly accepting Ami, many others criticised them for going all the way to India for adopting kids in need when there are many kids in America as well.

A Greek adoptee in the US eventually discovered the identity of his biological father after 63 years thanks to the Eftychia Project.

The Project is a nonprofit organization that provides assistance and support free of charge to Greek adoptees searching for their roots and Greek families searching for their children lost to adoption.

Thousands of Greek children were sent from Greece for adoption abroad, mainly to the United States, through often questionable means during the Cold War decades of the 1950s and 1960s.

The story of the Greek adoptee retracing the past

Stephen Grater from Tennessee had saved the black-and-white photo of himself in his stepmother’s arms on the balcony of the “Mitera” baby center in Athens in May 1960 on his mobile phone. He was just four months old and preparing for a trip that would end in the United States.

Foundation for Intercountry Adoption Mediation Netherlands (via Ebbinge), Baarn

DISCIPLINE

Healthcare management

FUNCTION

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Protocol Working Method Bureau Central Authoritywhen granting a permitto mediate in international adoptionor extension of the validity periodof that permit

IntroductionThe inclusion of a foreign child in a Dutch family for the purpose of adoptionof the child is a very traumatic event. That is partly why the Dutch government feelswho is involved in this recording has a major responsibility. Thatresponsibility is reflected in the fact that intercountry adoption is surrounded by the necessary legislation that must ensure that certain principles andsafeguards are observed. For example, there are regulations regarding the organizations thatmediate regarding the admission of a specific foreign child in a specific Dutch settingfamily. These intermediary organizations cannot carry out their activities until afterthey have received a permit for this from the Minister of Justice.