If Bufdir gets their way, no children will be adopted from abroad to Norway in the next two years. But the Minister for Children wants more information before she decides.

Adoptions to Norway from the Philippines, Thailand and Taiwan are stopped.

Hubballi: Two couples from the US and one from Canada recently adopted three specially abled orphan children from the District Child Protection Unit here. Currently, there are 11 orphans at this unit. In the last three years, the unit had received seven abandoned children and rescued another 21.According to sources, of the three foreign couples, one was childless. Fifteen couples from Maharashtra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh have also adopted abandoned children. To enhance child safety, cradles have been placed at Guntigeri, Hubballi and other locations so that people do not abandon infants near trees, by the roadside, near drains and such other places.To streamline adoption procedures for orphans, abandoned and surrendered children, the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has been given the status of a statutory body to enable it to perform its functions more effectively. Adoption processes have been streamlined with fixed timelines for both in-country as well as inter-country adoptions, including declaring a child legally free for adoption. Neeta Wadkar, the district child protection officer, told STOI the government has given an opportunity to couples and single parents to apply for adoption on the CARA website. The process involves completion of certain legal formalities as well.According to Wadkar, inter-country adoption is on the rise. At six-month intervals, door visits are conducted to check on the condition of adopted children and collect all relevant data on them. “Usually, couples have to wait for a minimum of two years to adopt a child and adoptions are allowed only after running a thorough check on the prospective parent or parents,” she added.Prakash Kodliwad, a child protection officer, said: “We are creating awareness on legal adoption and the procedures that need to be followed. During awareness campaigns, members of the public are also warned on the consequences of illegal adoption.”

KOCHI: Things seem to be looking up for the Punjabi girl who faced abandonment by her adoptive parents in Kerala. The elderly couple had moved the court to annul the adoption of the 18-year-old, who is now dreaming of a career in fashion design. Following intervention by the Kerala High Court, the state government has facilitated her admission to the fashion design course at Thiruvananthapuram Government Polytechnic. She will also join a Hindi language course offered by Hindi Prachar Sabha to explore opportunities in her home state.  

The couple from Thiruvananthapuram had adopted her as a 12-year-old, on an order issued by the Guardian Judge, Ludhiana, Punjab in 2018. They sought to repeal the adoption on the basis that she was unable to integrate herself into the family. According to the couple, they tried their best to rehabilitate and assimilate the child into the family, but to no avail.

They had adopted her in a difficult phase in their life when they had lost their only son in a car accident on January 14, 2017. TNIE broke the news of the couple approaching the HC to void the adoption last November. The court expressed hope that “there will be a change in the perception and attitude of the parents in time, because, after all, as they say, time is the greatest healer. Perhaps, reconciliation between them and the child could then be a possibility.”

When the petition filed by the couple came up for hearing, amicus curiae Parvathi Menon submitted that the girl had been shifted to Sree Chitra Home, an institution under the state government more suited for adults and that arrangements had been made for her to attend a fashion design course at the Thiruvananthapuram Government Polytechnic. She added that if the girl wants Hindi as the medium of education, then it can also be decided – depending upon the progress that she makes as of now – to shift her to one of the courses to be offered by the Hindi Prachar Sabha. 

The amicus curiae also said that she is trying to obtain support from the government of Punjab and Haryana through the advocate general there, as also the Legal Service Authority, to alternatively explore whether the girl can be accommodated in her home state if that is what she wants in due course. That can be done only with the assistance of Jayachithra S, superintendent of Sudharma Home, where the girl resided before being moved to Sree Chitra Home, and Shaniba Begum, chairperson of the Child Welfare Committee, Thiruvananthapuram, the amicus curiae added.

KOCHI: Things seem to be looking up for the Punjabi girl who faced abandonment by her adoptive parents in Kerala. The elderly couple had moved the court to annul the adoption of the 18-year-old, who is now dreaming of a career in fashion design. Following intervention by the Kerala High Court, the state government has facilitated her admission to the fashion design course at Thiruvananthapuram Government Polytechnic. She will also join a Hindi language course offered by Hindi Prachar Sabha to explore opportunities in her home state.  

The couple from Thiruvananthapuram had adopted her as a 12-year-old, on an order issued by the Guardian Judge, Ludhiana, Punjab in 2018. They sought to repeal the adoption on the basis that she was unable to integrate herself into the family. According to the couple, they tried their best to rehabilitate and assimilate the child into the family, but to no avail.

They had adopted her in a difficult phase in their life when they had lost their only son in a car accident on January 14, 2017. TNIE broke the news of the couple approaching the HC to void the adoption last November. The court expressed hope that “there will be a change in the perception and attitude of the parents in time, because, after all, as they say, time is the greatest healer. Perhaps, reconciliation between them and the child could then be a possibility.”

When the petition filed by the couple came up for hearing, amicus curiae Parvathi Menon submitted that the girl had been shifted to Sree Chitra Home, an institution under the state government more suited for adults and that arrangements had been made for her to attend a fashion design course at the Thiruvananthapuram Government Polytechnic. She added that if the girl wants Hindi as the medium of education, then it can also be decided – depending upon the progress that she makes as of now – to shift her to one of the courses to be offered by the Hindi Prachar Sabha. 

The amicus curiae also said that she is trying to obtain support from the government of Punjab and Haryana through the advocate general there, as also the Legal Service Authority, to alternatively explore whether the girl can be accommodated in her home state if that is what she wants in due course. That can be done only with the assistance of Jayachithra S, superintendent of Sudharma Home, where the girl resided before being moved to Sree Chitra Home, and Shaniba Begum, chairperson of the Child Welfare Committee, Thiruvananthapuram, the amicus curiae added.

This weekend Anna, Matt and Brendan will uphold a somewhat belated annual tradition.

Every year gay couple Matt and Brendan take their son Baker to Anna's house and help her and her children put up their Christmas tree lights. "Then we have a picture in front of it," Anna says. "We didn't get around to it this year, so instead they'll help us take them down!"

As always, they'll exchange presents, including for Baker, 3. "I'm like his aunt," Anna says.

But the two Adelaide-based families have a particularly special relationship. Anna was a surrogate for Matt and Brendan, enabling them to become parents.

Before she became a surrogate, Anna was an egg donor for three different families. "I got hooked on the wonderful feeling of helping others in a really meaningful way," she says. "It's addictive."

SAMBALPUR : The baby girl rescued from an abandoned borewell pit in Rengali’s Laripali was discharged from VIMSAR, Burla and handed over to the district child protection unit (DCPU) on Thursday. After her rescue on December 12, the baby named Bijayini has been receiving dedicated medical care at VIMSAR’s special newborn care unit (SNCU) for the last month.

VIMSAR superintendent Lal Mohan Nayak said the baby’s condition improved remarkably during her treatment. Her weight has increased from 1.6 kg to 2.2 kg in the last month and she is free from all infections. “The baby was deemed fit to be discharged after doctors were able to feed her normally. We had to let her go with a heavy heart. But we would keep track of her health and growth besides being available for all sorts of medical emergencies,” Nayak added.

An officer of DCPU Babita Kar said the baby has been sent to the special adoption agency of Rukmini Lath Bal Niketan at Chhachanpali where nurses will take care of her. “As the baby is still in need of special care, the nurses of Bal Niketan have been trained at the hospital. A few guidelines have to followed to ascertain if there are any claimants of the abandoned baby.”

Official sources said the DCPU will publish advertisement in newspapers along with the photograph of the baby girl. If no claimants turn up within 60 days, the baby will be legally free for adoption. The baby was two days old when she was found trapped in the 13-foot-deep borewell pit by villagers. After a marathon operation lasting eight hours, she was rescued from the pit by local fire services personnel and teams of ODRAF and OSAP 2nd Battalion.

Earlier, Sambalpur police had informed that the baby’s biological parents were identified a few days after the incident. Her mother is currently undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack for postpartum depression.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed a contentious provision of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, for seven couples, allowing them to accept donor eggs to bear a surrogate child.

A two-judge bench led by Justice B.V. Nagarathna made the exception for the couples after it received medical reports in each case confirming that the women were unable to produce their own eggs due to underlying medical conditions.

The order brought relief to the couples as they had initiated the steps for surrogacy, but could not complete it due to a sudden amendment brought about in the rules in March last year. 

These couples had opted for surrogacy based on their respective doctor’s medical advice.  

The amendment in the surrogacy rules, notified on 14 March 2023, disallowed donor gametes for surrogacy. The amended rule says “couple undergoing surrogacy must have both gamete from the intending couple and donor gametes is not allowed”.

Nagpur Illegal adoption of Girl: Bajajnagar police have registered a case against a couple for illegally adopting an eight-month-old girl. In this case, the police have detained the baby and handed it over to the Child Welfare Committee. Interestingly, the matter came to light only on the complaint made by the wife.

The names of the couple are Dipen Horilal Majumdar and Preeti Dipen Majumdar (Rest.Jaripatka). According to police, a few months ago Dipen and his wife adopted an eight-month-old baby from a poor family in Pune with the help of a person from Pune. He took custody of the baby only by notarizing it.

However, within a month, an argument started between Deepen and Preeti. As a result of that dispute, Dipen gave her to Sonal Patel, who lives in Laxminagar, for upbringing. Meanwhile, Preeti Majumdar went to his house and demanded the baby. However, she categorically refused to give the baby, saying that her husband had given the baby for adoption. (Latest Marathi News)

So Preeti approached the Police Commissionerate and demanded that the baby be adopted there and be given custody of it. Therefore, the Commissioner of Police ordered the Bajajnagar Police to investigate the matter. While investigating, the police summoned Sonal Patel and questioned him. After they informed about this, the police asked Preeti for the documents of adoption of the baby.

-This two months and five days old child was born in PJMCH, Dumka... -60 days ago the mother had applied to the committee to surrender the child...

CWC (Child Welfare Committee) has declared a baby born in PJMC Hospital, Dumka as legally free for adoption in record time. The child's mother had applied to CWC to surrender the child after being discharged from the hospital four days after delivery. The committee had accommodated the child in a girls' home along with his mother. During the reconsideration period of 60 days, the woman was given counseling four times in which she was explained that she should keep the child, but she continued to refuse to adopt him. Finally, on Tuesday, the child and his mother were presented before the Bench of Magistrate comprising Chairperson Dr. Amarendra Kumar, members Ranjan Kumar Sinha, Dr. Raj Kumar Upadhyay and Kumari Bijay Lakshmi. The mother put a stamp on the deed of surrender of her son, while the Panchayat head and the maid put their signatures as witnesses.

The committee executed the surrender deed and declared the child legally free for adoption. An order has been given to expedite the legal process of adopting the child by accommodating him in a specialized adoption institution and uploading his details in Carings. The process of this child's mother coming to CWC, birth and adoption of the child is also historical. In fact, when a widow became pregnant, her family and society harassed her and threw her out. In such a situation, a female head of Sadar block gave protection to the pregnant woman and informed the committee about it. From the security point of view, the committee registered the case of this aborted child and lodged the woman in a children's home (girls' home) located at Dhadhakiya. Due to labor pain in the nursery, the woman was admitted to PJMCH, where she gave birth to a healthy baby. After the child is legally freed by the committee, the child will be adopted as per the rules and procedure of adoption to any one of the approximately 30 thousand couples registered under CARA (Central Adoption Resource Authority). This child will get all the legal rights in the same way as any child gets from his biological parents. Chairperson Dr. Amarendra Kumar said that the committee is also making all efforts to rehabilitate this woman with her family