Forty children from orphanages in Mumbai, Pune, Solapur, Amaravati and Palghar are set to get foster families. As part

of an experimental scheme initiated by the state government, those wanting to be foster parents can register online with

the Women and Child Welfare (WCF) Commissionerate (https://wcdcommpune.org), which is located in Pune.

After a scrutiny of family backgrounds and a rigorous selection process by the District Child Protection Unit, these

families will get Rs 2,000 per month from the government to ensure the protection and rehabilitation of orphaned

VISAKHAPATNAM: Investigation into the child trafficking case linked to

Universal Srusti Hospital has taken a twist in course of the weekend.

Police now suspect a link between the accused and Padmaja Hospital at

Seethammadhara. Police and medical teams searched the hospital on

Saturday night and seized some documents.

VISAKHAPATNAM: The police probing the child trafficking case against Universal Srushti Fertility and Research Centre, filed a petition in the court seeking custody of the accused, including hospital MD P Namrata, who are in judicial custody. She is undergoing treatment in King George Hospital now.

Meanwhile, the police teams with the help of revenue and police officials, are analysing the records and hard disks seized from the hospital during the raids. The police are investigating into 56 deliveries that were recorded in the hospital to find out whether there are any other illegal child trafficking.

According to sources, the surrogacy fraud committed by the hospital management came to light in Hyderabad, when a couple complained to Gopalapuram police that they were cheated by it. The couple said they visited the fertility centre in Secunderabad on November 11, 2019 with regard to surrogacy.

They stated that they paid Rs 10 lakh to the hospital MD and they are scheduled to give the baby in October. Meanwhile, as cases against the hospital were reported, they lodged a complaint with the police against the management.

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Millions of children worldwide are brought up in institutional care settings rather than in families. These institutions vary greatly both in terms of their organisational principles and structure, and in terms of the quality of care provided. Although institutions are universally recognised as providing suboptimal caregiving environments, consensus is still needed on how to interpret the evidence relating to the size, range, and persistence of the effect of institutional care on the development and wellbeing of children. This absence of consensus has led to disagreement as to whether policy should focus on eliminating, transforming, or improving institutions.

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Boudewijn does not hesitate for a moment when his partner Amanda joins the Sri Lanka DNA team a few months after the birth of their daughter Tess. “DNA offers hope, also for Amanda and me. Maybe one day she will find biological family.”

In the beginning, in addition to his full-time job as director, Boudewijn mainly provided assistance for Sri Lanka DNA. He soon becomes more involved. On the ferry to Ameland – on his way to Wendy – he writes the policy plan for the foundation. He then joins the board.

Boudewijn knows what it is like to long for your child. Due to a divorce, he only sees his eldest son from another relationship for one weekend every fortnight. His second child, a daughter from a subsequent relationship, dies in the womb during pregnancy. “Having to miss a child, I feel that in my whole body every day.”

Before Boudewijn has his eldest son, he is about to adopt a child. In retrospect, he is glad that things turned out differently. He doesn't think adoption is the best solution. “I think you can facilitate families much better on the spot.”

That is why he now wants to do everything in his power to reunite mothers in Sri Lanka who have given up a child with their child through DNA testing. And a little fast, because those mothers are getting older. A biological bond is unique, he thinks. “We see it ourselves with Tess; that smile is mine, that frown is yours. The things you pass on, your qualities, that is a mirror of yourself.”

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Geadopteerden ontevreden over onderzoek: ‘Commissie lijkt waarheid te verdraaien’

Posted 31/07/2020

Bron: Algemeen Dagblad

Het onderzoek naar de rol van de Nederlandse staat bij illegale adopties ligt onder vuur. Geadopteerden en deskundigen hebben geen vertrouwen in de onafhankelijkheid van de commissie en de zoektocht naar de waarheid. Verslagen kloppen niet, vragen over de overheid blijven uit en een tevredenheidsenquête wekt wrevel.

Tonny van der Mee en Gea Mollema 31-07-20

In a judgment which paves way for child adoption by Indian diaspora from the country, Punjab and Haryana high court has held that NRIs applying under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAMA)-1956 don’t have to undergo the rigorous process set under Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA).

The high court bench of justice Jaishree Thakur also held that for adoption covered under the personal law — applicable to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains — within the country, the adoptee won’t even need the CARA certification. There is no personal law for adoption by Muslims.

CARA is a statutory body for adoption of Indian children and is mandated to monitor and regulate in-country and inter-country adoptions. CARA was established under the Juvenile Justice Act (JJA)-2015 after the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. Under CARA, adoption can be made by person of any belief.

The ruling was delivered in a plea wherein a two-year-old girl adopted by an NRI couple was denied passport. Born as one of the twins to a Jalandhar couple in 2017, she was adopted by her natural mother’s NRI sister as per Sikh rites performed at a local gurdwara for which a certificate was also issued. In November 2018, they signed an adoption deed under HAMA, following which the adoptive parents applied for the girl’s passport, but it was rejected by authorities stating that a no-objection certificate (NOC) from CARA was mandatory, said the family’s lawyer Sukhwinder Singh Nara.

The court said Section 56 (3) of the JJA stipulates that the provisions of the law shall not apply to adoption of children under HAMA. The said adoption cannot be challenged on the ground that the same should have been made under JJA, which itself states that a valid adoption of a minor child under HAMA is irreversible and cannot be revoked, the bench said.

The ruling by Justice Nirmaljit Kaur came in a case where the Passport Authority had refused passport to a minor girl, adopted in accordance with the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAMA), on the ground that a NOC from the CARA or photocopy from a recognised Indian placement agency was required.

The petitioner’s counsel, Sukhvinder Singh Nara, contended that the NOC from the CARA was not required as Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act (JJ Act) clearly stated that its provisions would not be applicable to an adoption made under the provisions of the HAMA. Nara added the minor petitioner was adopted under an adoption deed, which was a duly executed document and was under the provisions of the HAMA.

The counsel for the Union of India, during the course of arguments, contended the inter-country adoption was valid only under the JJ Act.

After hearing arguments, Justice Nirmaljit Kaur asserted it was evident that “Indian parents” were not required to provide the NOC from the CARA. The requirement was for foreign parents. “Although, the Court is of the view that an Indian or Overseas Citizen of India with a British passport, i.e. with British Citizenship, will not lose their identity of being an Indian parent or Indian, especially when they are called ‘Overseas Citizen of India’, nevertheless, the debate is left open as no argument was raised qua the same by either side,” Justice Nirmaljit Kaur asserted, while referring to the facts of the case.

Justice Nirmaljit Kaur at the same time added that it would be in the interest of the adoptive parents and the child to obtain a simple NOC from the CARA to ensure a clean transition from one country to another, lest they face difficulty in visa or any other requirement.

When Vanita Thomas met her future husband, Peter, for the first time, she asked if he would be interested in adopting a child with her.

It wasn’t a premature question—their marriage was arranged, and their first meeting was meant to see if they were compatible. Potential future children were important to discuss. But it was a weird question, because adoption was uncommon in India, where both were born. (“People believe that God opens and shuts wombs, so if you adopt, it means you didn’t have enough faith,” Vanita said.)

But Vanita was determined. “Growing up, my school took us to one of Mother Teresa’s children’s homes in Bangalore to visit the orphans,” she explained. “I remember begging Mum and Dad to take one of those kids home. They said that they already had three kids, and anyway, it wasn’t something normally done in India.”

Vanita and Peter with their adopted children Sandeep and Ruth / Courtesy of Sandeep Thomas

But she didn’t forget about it. Years later at their first meeting, she asked her future husband what he thought about adopting. Peter, who had just finished reading about God spiritually adopting believers into his family in J. I. Packer’s Knowing God, agreed immediately. Five years later, Peter had finished graduate school, the couple had immigrated to New York, and Vanita had lost a pregnancy. It’s time, they thought.