An Indonesian man who had built a reputation as a savior of unwanted children has been arrested on suspicion of child trafficking.

Dubbed the “father of a million children,” the story of 32-year-old S moved many in the country after he took in 55 children under his care. The children were mostly born to women who conceived out of wedlock, who would have terminated their pregnancies or ditched their babies to escape social stigma.

On Wednesday, police in Bogor, West Java said they arrested S after uncovering a sinister plot behind his adoption of the 55 children.

“The culprit offered to help the pregnant women. After the children were born, [he would take them in but] they would eventually be given up for adoption. But the adoption process was illegal,” Bogor Police Chief Iman Imanuddin said, adding that S had faked documents to set up his organization, the Father of A Million Children Foundation.

“If somebody wanted to adopt one of his children, they would have to pay IDR15 million (US$985) to the culprit. The culprit used the Father of a Million Children Foundation as a front.”

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The petition filed by Nisha Pandya, a resident of Kandivli, through advocates Vishal Kanade and Sameer Sawant states that the 2021 amendment replaced the word “court” with “district magistrate”, implying that the adoption procedure will be overseen by an executive officer

Mumbai: A petition filed in the Bombay high court on October 6 has challenged the 2021 amendment to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and the subsequent notification of September 1, 2022, which authorises district magistrates to oversee and decide on adoption cases. This task was thus far the responsibility of the judiciary.

The petition has also sought a stay on the September 30 communication from the authorities to the courts to transfer all adoption cases to district magistrates. It will come up for hearing after the Diwali vacations.

The petition filed by Nisha Pandya, a resident of Kandivli, through advocates Vishal Kanade and Sameer Sawant states that the 2021 amendment replaced the word “court” with “district magistrate”, implying that the adoption procedure will be overseen by an executive officer, which was otherwise entrusted to the judiciary ever since the word ‘adoption’ was defined under the Act by an amendment in 2006.

The petition stated that another amendment in 2015 had taken away the power to oversee the process of adoption from the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and had conferred it on the courts with the aim of ensuring that a proper procedure was followed under the supervision and sanction of the court. The petition further stated that the Supreme Court had also laid down guidelines for adoption, after which the Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) was set up.

With National Adoption Month quickly approaching, the adoptee and former foster youth side of the adoption community on social media have been diligently sharing content to help bring attention to the nuances of adoption.

And while the internet is a powerful tool, I can safely say that I never thought adoptees would be going toe to toe on TikTok with Rosie O’Donnell, a white adoptive mom and celebrity, who said she was sorry that “adoption didn’t work out” for some adoptees, but wants to know what should happen to children without families?

Like Rosie, I wanted to believe that adoption was a solution to the many children in need of homes, and when I stumbled into the online adoption community many years ago after discovering I was adopted, I remember feeling overwhelmed—and even defensive—about how negatively people were depicting something that helped so many.

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This is what I now refer to as toxic positivity and saviorism in the workshops I teach to parents and adoption professionals—because so many people are unaware of the dangers and ethical problems of adoption in the United States. Objectively speaking, adoption in the U.S. is often not child-centered, and the desires of adoptive parents and professionals are prioritized along with profit-margins.

The commission has asked the directorate of women and child development to ensure that specialised adoption agencies in Goa set up cradles to receive abandoned children

A child rights body in Goa on October 31 issued an advisory to various agencies of the State Government about the rise in cases of infants being abandoned at unsafe places, an official said.

The Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has issued an advisory to the directorate of women and child welfare, health department and Goa police to help parents in distress to surrender their infants.

“The recent incidences of newborn abandonment in Goa, most of it in unsafe places recently, is very perturbing,” the commission stated in the advisory.

It noted that the State had recorded 11 such cases in five years (2017-2022), and four of these were registered this year alone.

Child welfare system strengthened through more partnerships, resources, and oversight

June 24, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Trump acted to strengthen America’s child welfare system by signing a historic Executive Order (EO) aimed at improving outcomes for children and families. This EO focuses on three key areas of action: improving partnerships, improving resources, and improving oversight.

“President Trump’s executive order demonstrates how his administration has prioritized placing each of America’s foster kids with the loving, permanent family they deserve,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. “Since the President took office, we have focused on promoting adoption unlike any previous administration, and we’ve begun to see results. The President’s executive order lays out bold reforms for our work with states, communities, and faith-based partners to build a brighter future for American kids who are in foster care or in crisis.”

“Our number one goal is to help our children and youth by making improvements to our child welfare system, and I’m incredibly grateful to President Trump for taking this monumental action today,” said the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Assistant Secretary Lynn Johnson. “These strong actions support vulnerable children and youth nationwide by advancing measures to reduce child abuse and neglect, encouraging family preservation, and strengthening adoption and other forms of permanency for America’s kids.”

Children though brought up in an orphanage cannot be declared as 'orphans'

as defined under Section 2(42) of the Juvenile Justice Care and Act, 2015 if

their biological parents are alive, the Bombay High Court held.

"X and Y would not be termed as 'orphan' as defined under Section 2(42) of

the Act, 2015 in as much as their biological mothers are alive."

The Kolkata Police have arrested three NGO workers for duping couples on the pretext of arranging kids for adoption. The incident came to the fore when the police found an advertisement regarding child adoption on the road.

By Rajesh Saha: Three NGO workers have been arrested for duping childless couples on the pretext of arranging kids for adoption. The incident came to the fore when the police found an advertisement regarding child adoption on the road.

The advertisement invited couples to the NGO for child adoption. During the patrolling, a police officer of Haridevpur police station, Pritam Biswas, found a similar advertisement at Kabardanga More on Mahatma Gandhi Road.

Based on the advertisement given by Sri Ramkrishna Natun Jibandan Sevashram, the police official contacted the NGO and nabbed the accused persons.

Police sources said, seeing the said advertisement, the officer contacted the subscriber, Ranjit Das, who stated that he himself, his wife Madhabi Roy, his sister-in-law Supriya and others run a society named Sri Ramkrishna Natun Jibandan Sevashram.

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Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

More than 140,000 children are adopted each year, but thousands of childless families are still waiting for children to adopt. Unfortunately, many thousands of children with special needs, such as those with physical, mental, or legal handicaps, are not adopted. On August 24, 1987, I established the Interagency Task Force on Adoption, and the Task Force will be submitting recommendations to me that are designed to encourage and support adoption, in particular infant adoptions, as an alternative for pregnant women, and the adoption of "special needs'' children who are waiting for a permanent, loving family.

I will be signing a proclamation soon designating November 22 through November 28, 1987, as National Adoption Week. Each department and agency head should encourage National Adoption Week activities designed to increase Federal employee awareness about the benefits of adoption.

Last year, for example, the Office of Personnel Management conducted a number of activities to promote adoption during National Adoption Week. Six children were adopted as a result of the OPM's efforts, and many OPM employees have become involved in community efforts to foster adoption.

We must expand and broaden our efforts to make sure that America's familyless children are adopted. We must do all we can to remove obstacles that prevent qualified adoptive parents from accepting these children into their homes.