Bombay High Court

Adharashram vs Raymond Micallef,Maltese And Anr ... on 16 August, 2017

Bench: Rajesh G. Ketkar

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Bombay High Court

Mswc, Asha Sadan vs Carlos Abela And Maruska Abela ... on 6 June, 2019

Bench: B.P. Colabawalla

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

Two prospective adoptive mothers are waiting day-by-day to be enabled to travel to India to bring back their children, a process that stopped abruptly with the onset of the pandemic. To Television Malta the two mothers stated that for months they have suffered a Calvary because of fears the children may have become ill … or may perhaps perish … because of the virus surge that has brought India down on its knees.

Anamika Farrugia is five-year-old. She was adopted from India three years ago by a Gozitan couple. She is desperately waiting for her adoptive sister to be brought from India as well.

Her mother said that this morning Anamika told her she is going to buy her a present but will not give it to her until her sister Sathvika arrives and then they will give her the present together.

In her innocence Anamika thinks her sister wants to remain In India and does not want to come to Malta.

Her adoptive mother says that Anamika asks her whether Sathvika has changed her mind and does not want to join them. Adoptive mother Angie Farrugia says such a question gives her great consternation.

Prospective adoptive parents from Malta and Italy talk to Gaon Connection about being stuck in a limbo as COVID-19 restrictions in India leave them in an unenviable position.

When prospective adoptive parents, known in the adoption parlance as PAPs, start their adoption journey, they know that it involves a lot of paperwork and requires a lot of patience. The process is all the more exhausting when it is international or inter-country adoption.

What happens when after successfully going through each stage of the adoption process – from registering with the agency, filing the requisite paperwork, overcoming bureaucratic hurdles, completing home study reports, being placed in the queue to finally be matched with a child, a process that can often take more than two years – the prospective adoptive parents are suddenly stopped in their tracks?

From being just days away to bringing their child home to suddenly in limbo. The wait can be torturous.

As is with Angie and Kevin Farrugia, residents of Malta, who are anxiously keeping tabs on every bit of news coming in from India, especially those pertaining to international travel, that is, the resumption of commercial international flights. As per the latest news, the Indian government has extended the ban on international flights till July 31.

Delhi District Court

Welfare Home For Children vs Applicant on 27 November, 2020

IN THE COURT OF MS NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA

PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE

SOUTH EAST : SAKET COURT, NEW DELHI.

Pforzheim. Before the Pforzheim district court, the verdict was made against a 46-year-old German with Romanian roots. According to the indictment by the Pforzheim public prosecutor's office, she had repeatedly claimed publicly that Oana Krichbaum, the wife of the Pforzheim CDU member of the Bundestag Gunther Krichbaum, was involved in child trafficking scandals in Romania a good 20 years ago, put donations into her own pocket and her husband covered it with its political weight.

Judge Patrick Stemler found it proven that the four Facebook posts by the accused to which the indictment referred exceeded the limits of freedom of expression. It was a matter of allegations of fact, "and these allegations must be proven," Stemler explained. However, the accused "did not prove the truth." He sentenced the accused to six months' imprisonment on probation for defamation and defamation of a public figure. He set the probationary period for three years. In addition, the woman must do 80 hours of community service.

The accused had repeatedly referred to Oana Krichbaum as a "child trafficker". She is referring to the time in the 1990s, when Krichbaum's wife was still working as a lawyer in Romania - among other things for a foundation that took care of the adoption of Romanian children in Germany. In the course of the process, around 800 online posts, e-mails and other documents were viewed, with which the accused had repeatedly approached the personal and political environment of the Krichbaums - including the Pforzheim CDU or the German-Romanian Society - since 2012 be. In this context, Krichbaum spoke of "hate mail", "Internet hate speech" and "stalking".

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Girl adopted by Australian couple 15 years back now searches for her biological mother in Odisha It was way back in 2007 when Mamata, who was only a three-year-old kid, was rescued from near Puri Sighadwara. Later, she was handed over to Basundhara Childcare Centre in Cuttack.

“Knowing that she is afflicted with leprosy, she took a harsh decision and let me go. She is a great mother as she did it for me so that I can lead a decent life.” These lines from a daughter for her mother are enough to melt one's heart.

These excerpts are from a letter written by Mamata, who was adopted by an Australian couple some 15 years back in Odisha, to Puri Childline Director.

Pieter Verbruggen and Ricardo Alvarez met each other eleven years ago at a birthday party. It's love at first sight. About five years ago they come to the conclusion that they want to start a family and decide to adopt a child.

But that ends in a big disappointment, Pieter tells LINDA.nl.

ADOPT BABY

“We wanted to offer a child who was already born a good future,” he says. “A friend of ours had started an adoption process, which we followed with interest.” They also register themselves as adoptive parents. “As a gay you can only adopt from South Africa, Portugal and the United States. We chose the US, because that is where most children are born that are given up for adoption. It is also the only country where babies are given up for adoption, so it was our only hope for a baby.” They sign up for A New Way . “We went for a child from the US and from the Netherlands.”

The couple registers via the website. A year later they receive a letter asking if they still want to adopt. They want that. That is why an intensive program including a series of courses follows. “A course about having children, about adopting, about parenting. You should not miss a course.”

Dahod (Gujarat), Jan 7 (IANS): Police in Gujarat's Dahod have arrested four people for the illegal adoption of an infant.

Dahod Child Protection Officer S.K. Taviyad told IANS: "We had received specific information about an illegal adoption. On January 5, along with local police and Child Welfare Committee members, we carried out search at Ritadevi and Vijay Chauhan's residence and found a month-old infant. Upon inquiry, it was found that they were not the biological parents of the child, but had adopted him from Ramilaben and her husband Raisingh Bhabhor."

The Chauhans also admitted that they got a birth certificate for the boy in the name of Suryakumar Vijay Chauhan.

After verifying all details, Taviyad lodged a complaint against Ramilaben and Raisingh for intentionally abandoning the child and against Ritadevi and Vijay for the violation of Juvenile Justice Act's adoption procedure.

The Chauhans were also booked for forgery.

By Ashley Albert

Special To The Medium

My name is Ashley Albert and I am a Parent Leader. I want to raise awareness about a federal law that has devastated Black, Indigenous and People of Color’s (BIPOC) children and families. The Adoption Safe Families Act (ASFA), written by Former Senator and current President Joe Biden, was passed in 1997 by the Clinton Administration. Its intent was to improve the safety of children, and to not leave children lingering in foster care. It promoted adoptions and other permanent homes for children.

Under ASFA, states receive millions of dollars for exceeding the average number of adoptions their states complete in specified years. But this provides different outcomes for different families. To further promote adoptions, ASFA stipulates that courts can terminate the rights of birth parents whose children are in foster care within two years. This controversial provision within this law is called the “15-22 rule”. If a child has been in foster care for 15 out of 22 months, states must move to terminate the biological parents’ rights. This mandate hinders birth parents from regaining their parental rights even when they are in positions to provide a safe, permanent home environment for their children.

This law, and how it is carried out, disproportionately moves children from lower-income families of color to middle and upper-income White families, which destroys the former for the benefit of the latter, and harms both the individuals and the communities involved. In 2016, I was told to sign an open adoption agreement in order to maintain a relationship with my kids. I was told that if I didn’t sign the papers that I would never see my kids again. I signed the papers on January 5, 2016 in hopes of maintaining a relationship with my children. I went to court to enforce and modify the open adoption agreement, and successfully won. However, it took one year and eleven months before I would be able to see my children again. At the same time, I found out that my daughter’s name had been changed, which, according to the original agreement, they were not supposed to do. Before signing the papers, I noted two things I wanted written in the Open Adoption Agreement. 1. DO NOT CHANGE THE CHILDREN’S NAMES! 2. To have visitation. I have been having a hard time getting support to have the adoptive mom abide by the order. I would have never signed the agreement if my kid’s names were going to be changed. I felt betrayed because I only relinquished my constitutional rights to parent on the specific condition that my child’s name would not be changed. My rights were violated when the name was changed and visits withheld. There is no accountability or responsibility to the harm my family and I have suffered because of this. King County Superior Court found there to be a breach of contract by the adoptive mom and other parties, and allowed me to file a tort claim with the state of Washington against the Dept. of Children, Youth and Families for violating my constitutional rights as a parent. I filed a claim in January 2021, but to date, I have received little or no support from state agencies that I believed were supposed to help people in my situation.