ADOPTION is a personal decision for prospective parents. To be valid, one should follow the procedures set by our laws.

The Supreme Court discussed the legal implication of adoption in the case of Renato Lazatin vs. Judge Campos, G.R. No. L-43955-56, 30 July 1979, to wit:

“Adoption is a juridical act, a proceeding in rem which creates between two persons a relationship similar to that which results from legitimate paternity and filiation. Only an adoption made through the court, or in pursuance with the procedure laid down under Rule 99 of the Rules of Court is valid in this jurisdiction. It is not of natural law at all, but is wholly and entirely artificial. To establish the relation, the statutory requirements must be strictly carried out, otherwise, the adoption is an absolute nullity. The fact of adoption is never presumed, but must be affirmatively proved by the person claiming its existence. xxx”

This means that adoption must be through court processes. Otherwise, the adoption cannot be considered valid, insofar as the laws are concerned.

However, in 2022, Republic Act No. 11642, otherwise known as the Domestic Administrative Adoption Act, was signed into law. The purpose is to provide a more efficient process under the attached agency of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, to be known as the National Authority for Child Care (NACC) with quasi-judicial powers to approve and grant all types of adoption.

Cases involving adoption of children are now administrative instead of judicial proceedings and should be filed before the National Authority for Child Care (NACC) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and not with the trial courts.

Adoption cases now pending before the trial courts should be withdrawn first before they can be transferred to NACC for resolution, the Supreme Court (SC) said.

On the basis of the mother’s statement and enquiry, her friend Sonia and their associates Meena, Vineet, Rekha and Moni were arrested from Delhi and UP.

A seven-month-old baby was rescued by the Delhi Police this month after his parents allegedly sold him to a Haryana-based couple for Rs 5 lakh. Police said it was the baby’s mother who informed the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) helpline about the case and asked for support to get the pending payment as she had allegedly only received Rs 20,000.

The DCW and Delhi Police found that the baby was sold 3 days after his birth at an IVF centre in Ghaziabad and arrested all eight persons, including the mother, in a case of child trafficking. The gang members have allegedly been operating from Delhi, UP and Haryana.

According to the police, the matter came to light on May 12 when the mother called the DCW helpline and confessed she had sold her baby in October 2021 and wanted help with the pending payment.

“We conducted an enquiry and found that the woman gave birth to a boy in October last year at a Malviya Nagar-based hospital. Her friend Sonia got her discharged two days after the delivery and took her to Sangam Vihar. A day later, she took the woman and her baby to an IVF centre in Ghaziabad where the baby was sold to another woman named Meena. The parents were promised Rs 5 lakh in exchange for the child,” DCP (South) Benita Marya Jaiker said.

LONDON: British couples adopting children in Pakistan have been left stuck in the country due to visa processing delays caused by the sudden Ukraine refugee crisis, the Guardian reported.

The British newspaper found that Home Office visa delays were part of “wider failings” in processing, with families seeking adoption around the world prevented from returning to the UK.

One Briton, stranded in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, since November, told the paper: “It’s 37 degrees here, there are shortages of gas and water, and the electricity goes off for several hours a day. I’m afraid to go outside because of the kidnapping risk and political instability here.

“I’ve been here since November. Getting our baby took three weeks, then we applied for her visa on Jan. 18. Initially, the Home Office told us it would be 12 weeks — that was 21 weeks ago.

“My older son misses nursery, my husband is at work in the UK, my father is sick and I can’t be with him, and my employer wants to know when I’m coming back.

More than 100 privately run children’s homes in England with serious failings have been branded inadequate by inspectors, with several found to have links to private equity firms, an Observer investigation has found.

Poorly trained staff, chaotic management and a series of incidents that left children’s safety in danger were cited in official reports by Ofsted, which inspects children’s homes, as it concluded they were providing inadequate care. Several have closed since inspectors raised concerns.

The Observer examined the most recent Ofsted inspection of private children’s care homes. It found that 114 homes were given the lowest “inadequate” rating, which triggers further investigations. Of those, about 20 were run by providers with links to private equity. It comes amid continued frustration with the “broken” provision of children’s care homes.

Private firms now play a large role in providing care, with more than three-quarters of homes in England run by the sector in 2021. Local government figures have also pointed to the growing role of private equity, warning that the pursuit of profits and debt that can follow is not a sound basis upon which to run care homes.

Anntoinette Bramble, chair of the Local Government Association’s children and young people board, said: “The Competition and Markets Authority has confirmed our own findings that private equity providers are making extremely high profits and carrying concerning levels of debt that risks the stability of homes for children in care, which is paramount if they are to thrive.”

A 50-year-old pediatrician from Veldegem, West Flanders, is in prison on suspicion of possessing child pornography and voyeurism. The investigators tracked down the doctor after a complaint about a man who had tried to lure a boy into his car, Het Laatste Nieuws reported. Striking: the man was already caught twenty years ago in possession of child pornography, but was suspended.

The news hit like a splinter bomb in Jan DV's immediate vicinity. For them, 'Doctor Jan' is unspoken. Married, father of three children and a reputable pediatrician. He runs a practice with his wife - also a pediatrician. Recently, the doctor's wife is on her own. Her husband is imprisoned in the prison of Bruges. Patty 't Jonck of the public prosecutor's office West Flanders confirms that the man was arrested last week on suspicion of possession of child pornography and voyeurism. “Last Friday the council chamber of Bruges extended his detention by a month,” says 't Jonck.

According to multiple sources, the doctor killed himself. He is said to have tried to lure a boy into his car with candy last year. The police then started an investigation and eventually arrived at the doctor from Veldegem, a sub-municipality of Zedelgem. During a search of the house, the investigators seized, among other things, computers. These have been turned inside out in recent months and the investigators are said to have bumped into files with child pornography.

The investigators would also have secretly found recordings of patients he examined. Remarkable: well twenty years ago, Jan DV was also under investigation for possession of child pornography. The man then got the favor of the suspension. That means that the doctor admitted the facts and received no punishment in return. Legal sources confirm this, but no one wants to give details about the old and the new file. The question is how it is possible that Jan DV - despite the fact that the court considered the facts proven at the time - could continue to work as a pediatrician in the following years. Until yesterday, the Order of Physicians knew absolutely nothing about the judicial history of doctor Jan DV

CHILDREN'S HOME

Pediatrician Jan DV seemed an impeccable man, but has now been caught for the second time with child pornography

With candy as bait, Jan DV (50), a pediatrician by profession in Zedelgem in West Flanders, tried a few months ago to lure a boy. After a complaint, a house search followed and the discovery of child pornography on his PC. What no one knew was that the impeccable father – who also runs a charity project with street children – already had a much older secret in the village.

"Do you want some candy?" With those words Jan DV (50) tried a few months ago to lure a boy from the neighborhood into his car. The boy managed to escape and immediately alerted his parents. His father then went to the police, who went looking for an unknown child molester.

Finally, the investigators came to Jan DV. He is known in the area because he has been running a doctor's office for decades in Veldegem, a sub-municipality of Zedelgem, with his wife, who is also a trained pediatrician. The two have three children and enjoy an impeccable reputation.

Benefactors with a big children's heart

A 50-year-old pediatrician Jan DV from Veldegem (Zedelgem) is in prison on suspicion of voyeurism and possession of child pornography. This is confirmed by the public prosecutor's office of West Flanders, department of Bruges. His arrest was already extended on Friday by the Bruges council chamber. Police tracked him down when, according to well-informed sources, he tried to lure a boy into his car with candy.

The suspect was arrested by the police early last week after a complaint had started the ball rolling. Jan DV is said to have tried to lure a boy into his car with candy. After that, house searches were carried out in his home and his doctor's office in Veldegem, a sub-municipality of Zedelgem. Child pornography was found in his home. That's what knowledgeable sources say.

After interrogation, the pediatrician was arrested by the Bruges investigating judge on suspicion of voyeurism and possession of child pornography. On Friday he appeared for the first time before the council chamber in Bruges. The council chamber decided that in the interest of the investigation, the suspect must remain in prison for at least one month longer.

It is striking that twenty years ago an investigation was already underway against the man into possession of child pornography. Jan DV then pleaded guilty, but was not punished. He has remained active as a pediatrician for the past twenty years. His wife is also a pediatrician. In the past they also set up a children's home in India where dozens of children were cared for.

Veerle runs a children's home in southern India with her husband Jan, also a pediatrician. Thirteen years ago, during their medical internship in Madras, they found two severely malnourished toddlers tied to a tree. They decided not to stand by and help them. After contact with the father, who cannot take care of them, they rent a house where an Indian colleague moves in with the children.

The beginning of an adventure that eventually leads to the establishment of a children's home that is already taking care of fifty children. In the meantime, Veerle also wants to start a waffle company . Like the whole project, this idea also grew a bit by accident . Veerle's homemade waffles proved to be very popular in India, and she had long been looking for a useful activity for a few less gifted children who will never learn a trade. After her call in Libelle, the first shipment of waffle irons, collected from Libelle readers, has already arrived in India.

Libelle now supports Veerle's project for a whole year. "I wanted to break this title into ten pieces and share it with all the other nominated women," Veerle said in a first reaction. After the ceremony, she couldn't wait to email the good news to her employees in India.

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The Czech capital Prague is becoming increasingly popular for commercial surrogacy. Officially it is forbidden, but in practice a lot is possible. Gay couples and single men can also pick up a child here.

Czech authorities concluded a three-year investigation into human trafficking in early June. They investigated cases in which Ukrainian women in the Czech Republic gave birth to a child destined for presumably single non-Czech people.

The investigation centered on a private clinic in Kharkiv, Ukraine, that offers people the opportunity to 'order' a child. Research by the Czech news site Seznam Zpravy shows that interested parties from all over the world can choose skin color, gender and hair color via a catalog. The clinic then selects a suitable egg donor, after which a surrogate mother is fertilized.

Single men or gay couples cannot pick up their children in Ukraine; only a heterosexual couple can engage a surrogate mother. That is why there is Prague for other target groups. The surrogate mother gives birth in the Czech capital and then gives the client custody of the child. The man can then simply leave the Czech Republic with the child, without it being known whether he is capable of raising the child and what the motives behind his wish to have children are…

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