NEW DELHI: Three months after the Rajya Sabha passed a bill proposing amendments in the Juvenile Justice Act to allow district magistrates instead of civil or family courts to approve adoptions, the Centre has sought public feedback on the bill.

A key provision in the bill is also to grant registration to a shelter home after the DM’s recommendation.

In a public notice, the Union women and child development ministry has now said that the stakeholders can send their suggestions for the amendments to Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) model rules, 2016 by November 11.

The suggested clauses include authorising DMs and ADMs to issue adoption orders under Section 61 of the JJ Act, in order to ensure speedy disposal of cases and enhance accountability, while proposing to empower them to implement the Act for the benefit of children in distressed conditions.

As per the amended provisions of the Act, any child care institution will be registered after considering the recommendation of the DM who will independently evaluate the functioning of district child protection units, child welfare committees, juvenile justice boards, specialised juvenile police units and shelter homes.

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JERUSALEM (AP) _ Israel paid thousands of dollars in cash to Nicolae Ceausescu for every Romanian Jew he allowed to emigrate, an Israeli newspaper reported.

For years, Ceausescu received between $5,000 and $7,000 for every visa issued to Jews, and some $50-$60 million ended up in the dictator’s own pocket, Yediot Aharonot said in its weekend edition.

Ceausescu was executed on Christmas Day.

Quoting reliable sources, the paper said official agencies responsible for immigration in Israel, including the Foreign Ministry and the quasi- governmental Jewish Agency, acknowledged Ceausescu was paid but would not give specific figures.

Israeli officials reportedly knew of the payoffs for years, but they dared not expose or publicize it for fear it would halt immigration from Romania, Yediot said.

Former SFI leader Anupama S Chandran with her husband Ajith protesting in front of the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, seeking their child back as she alleged that the newborn was taken away from her illegally. Photo: Manoj Chemancheri

Anupama S Chandran was a former worker of the Students' Federation of India, the students arm of the ruling CPM. Yet, she has been forced to hit the streets in protest to get back her child, allegedly taken away from her by her parents three days after his birth and given up for adoption.

"My father says the child was abandoned considering my – his daughter's – future, since I am an unwed mother. His argument is that it was done for my future. My argument is also the same: ain't I fighting for my son," Anupama, who staged a protest in front of the Secretariat with her partner Ajith Kumar asked.

You were a worker of the ruling party's students and youth wings. Still you have to hit the streets against the government machinery?

My father P S Jayachandran is a local leader and a local committee member of the party. The party gave him priority due to his political influence, resulting in me losing the child. I knocked at several doors, but none opened. When I had lost trust in the party, I had no alternative other than hitting the streets.

The adoptive parents of a girl child have moved the Supreme Court challenging a Kerala High Court judgment of April 9, which had set aside the adoption of the child on the ground that a deed of surrender had not been executed by both the biological parents.

A Bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheswhari stayed the judgment of the Kerala High Court after the petitioners pointed out that the High Court had passed its verdict without hearing them.

“Considering the facts and circumstances of this case, in the meanwhile, the operation of the impugned order shall remain stayed,” the Court ordered.

Advocates Liz Mathew, Manisha Singh and Sonali Jain appeared for the petitioners (adoptive parents).

Background

Thiruvananthapuram: Six people, including the parents and sister of

Anupama S Chandran, have moved anticipatory bail applications even

as the family court at Vanchiyoor would deliver its final judgment on the

adoption process of her child.

Anupama's parents PS Jayachandran and Smitha James along with her

In 2016 and 2017, the Federal Central Authority for adoption in our country recognized about 200 files of framed adoptions from abroad. Since then, that number has only fallen: 75 in 2018, 58 in 2019 and 49 in 2020. That is what La Dernière Heure reports in its Sunday edition.

According to the FPS Justice, the fact that the standard of living of children in the countries of origin has improved, which benefits internal adoptions. Certain channels have also been closed due to legal uncertainty, and the Hague Convention has forced some countries to review their organization before international adoption becomes possible again.

Thailand

Of the so-called framed files, which are supervised by recognized Belgian adoption services or the central authorities of the Communities, Thailand (12 adoptions in 2020, against 27 in 2016) was the main country of origin of the children. South Africa, Colombia, Burkina Faso and Togo are also well represented in the statistics.

Unframed international adoptions recognized by the Central Authority also declined in number. In 2016 there were still 34, in 2020 only 20. In this category there are more Western countries, such as France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Two years after Belgium apologized for what it did to hundreds of metis, it remains silent. Strangely enough, acknowledging and forgetting the horror in Congo go hand in hand from the start, Jeroen Olyslaegers notes.

Legal vagueness and cases of stolen children are all the rage. The idea of ??hanging them completely is even mentioned.

In 2016 and 2017, the ACF, the Belgian international adoption service, recognized some two hundred supervised cases of adoptions decided abroad. Since then, this number has continued to decrease: 75 in 2018, 58 in 2019 and 49 in 2020.

Why ? "The first factor is the increase in the standard of living in the countries of origin of the children, these favor since internal adoption ", explains Christine-Laura Kouassi, spokesperson for the FPS Justice. " There is also the closure of certain channels due to legal uncertainty or the application of the Hague Convention which requires the country to review their organization before intercountry adoption becomes possible again."

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WTVM) - Hundreds of children are waiting to be adopted in Alabama’s foster care system.

While the Alabama Department of Human Resources says almost 1,300 foster kids have been adopted since the start of the pandemic, the need for loving homes still exists and new nonprofit in our area agrees.

“Court Appointed Special Advocates of Montgomery County” or CASA is advocating for children in the courtroom.

“So we advocate for children in foster care, the judge appoints us to the case, and we come alongside them, and get to know the kids and be able to advocate for them in court and in other areas of life,” said Charity Alpert, CASA Executive Director.

CASA is just under a year old and will be hosting its first fundraiser this Saturday - a superhero 5k and fun run in downtown Montgomery.