American couple adopt orphan girl: A ten-year-old girl who was taking shelter in a children's home in Hanumakonda was adopted by an American couple. The childless couple said that they would share the love of their parents with the child. The girl was handed over to them under the supervision of the District Collector. Officials said that many children have been adopted by foreigners in the past. The Collector called for the protection of orphaned children. In the past, many celebrities have similarly taken in orphans.

I don't know if the parents became too heavy.. or if they turned their eyes away and became orphans. Whatever the circumstances were, the little girl ended up in the orphanage as an orphan. She cried for her parents for many days. She yearned for her parents' love. The orphanage provides food.. supports her but.. doesn't caress her like a mother.. doesn't make her cry like a father. The little girl had the same worries in her mind. She didn't have parents.. She worried about why she and everyone in the orphanage were orphans without parents.

She was worried that no one would love her and take her in. And the one above must have heard the pain in that child's heart. He brought a couple to her to give her the love of her distant relatives. An American couple adopted the girl, who was far from her relatives' love , and came forward to raise her as their own child. With that, the child traveled from the orphanage to America. Those details..

An American couple has adopted a girl who is taking shelter in a children's home . The couple has announced that they will become parents to the girl and provide her with the love they have always had. The girl was handed over to the American couple under the supervision of the District Collector. The details are as follows. A ten-year-old girl is taking shelter in a children's home in Hanumakonda. The girl's details have been added to the Central Adoption Resources Department. The girl's details have been uploaded online with the intention of someone adopting the girl.

In this regard, a couple from America applied to the Central Adoption Resource Authority to adopt a child. The Central Adoption Resource Authority, which examined their application, agreed to the inter-country adoption according to seniority. With this, on Friday, the girl was handed over to the American couple under the supervision of Hanumakonda Collector Praveenya.

Speaking on the occasion, the Collector said that childless couples should adopt legally. DWO J. Jayanthi said that so far 10 children have been adopted to Italy, Malta, London and America as part of inter-country adoption. They say that the child waiting for the love of his/her parents will no longer have that pain. They say that it would be good if more people come forward.. take these orphaned children in their arms .. give them a family. They are praising the couple who adopted the orphan.

TBIJ led legal bid to identify couple whose adopted children suffered emotional abuse, physical attacks and racism

Content warning: This story contains references to child abuse and racism.

A primary school teacher smashed their adopted children’s heads together, forced them to swallow soap and called one of them a “black bastard”.

The Korean government is committed to reforming the system on adoption that presents a whole new world for a child

- The ministry held a ceremony to celebrate the 19th Adoption Day -

- The MOHW reaffirmed its commitment to reforming to a public adoption system,

Completion of legislation for implementing reform of public adoption system centered on national and local governments
- Enforcement Decree and Enforcement Rules of the International Adoption Act and the Domestic Adoption Special Act are enacted and revised, and are scheduled to take effect on July 19 -

  The Ministry of Health and Welfare (Minister Cho Kyu-hong) announced that following the promulgation of the Enforcement Decree of the Special Adoption Act (renamed the Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on Domestic Adoption), the Partial Revision Decree of the Enforcement Decree of the Child Welfare Act, and the Enforcement Decree (enactment) of the Act on International Adoption ('25.5.7.), it has enacted and revised the related enforcement regulations* ('25.5.14. promulgated), which will go into effect on July 19. 

   * Enforcement Decree of the Special Adoption Act (renamed as the Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on Domestic Adoption), Enforcement Decree of the Act on International Adoption

  This is a follow-up measure to the revision of subordinate statutes in accordance with the revision of the law in July 2023 to strengthen national responsibility for domestic and international adoption of children in order to implement the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption*. 

NEW DELHI, Apr 15: The Supreme Court on Monday warned parents in the country about the dangers of child trafficking and asked them to be extremely vigilant with their children.

A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, which took a stern view of the inter-state child trafficking rackets, said long delays in the adoption process had led to an increase in the demand for children declared legally fit for adoptions, giving rise to children being trafficked for adoption.

“We want to convey a message to one and all, more particularly the parents across the country that they should remain extremely vigilant and careful with their children. A slight carelessness or negligence or laxity on their part may prove to be extremely costly,” the bench said.

The verdict went on, “Over the years, demands for the adoption of children have increased and there is a significant waiting period for prospective parents to adopt. At any given point in time, there are parents waiting for at least 3-4 years to adopt. Even after being processed and children being matched, the necessary verification processes also take a long time.”

New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI) Taking a stern view of inter-state child trafficking rackets in the country, the Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the bail granted to 13 accused and said the "cry of the collective for justice, its desire for peace and harmony" couldn't be trivialised.
     "We direct the state government to ensure that the trafficked children are admitted in schools in accordance with the provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and continue to provide support for their education," a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said.
     The top court noted trafficking in India had taken diverse forms -- each prevailing across states.
     "An overall analysis of trafficking patterns across states reiterates the prevalence of trafficking in large numbers with the number of cases sharply rising with time. What is of concern is the rapid spread of the problem with previously unknown factors getting embedded in the web of traffickers," it said.
     The bench said the changing trafficking patterns also brought "changes in the traffickers, their modus operandi, their manipulation of the victims and their understanding of the limitations in the criminal justice system".
     It found fault with the Allahabad High Court orders releasing the accused persons on bail.
     Considering the serious nature of the crime, the bench said the high court should not have ruled in favour of the accused persons.
     "We are sorry to say but the high court dealt with all the bail applications in a very callous manner. The outcome of this callous approach on the part of the high court has ultimately paved the way for many accused persons to abscond and thereby put the trial in jeopardy," it said.
     The "least" the high court could have done was to impose a condition on each of the accused to mark their presence once a week at the police station concerned, the bench added.
     The bench said the life of an individual living in a society governed by the rule of the law had to be regulated.      Such regulations which were the source in law, subserve the social balance and function as a significant instrument to protect human rights and security of the collective, it added.
     Laws, the top court said, were enacted for the collective's obedience so that the society's members lived peacefully.
     The accused were stated to be a "big threat to the society" for exhibiting a tendency of committing child trafficking wherever they went in the country.
     The top court was critical of the Uttar Pradesh government conduct saying, it was "thoroughly disappointed" with the manner in which the situation was handled.
     "Why did the state not do anything for all this period of time? Why did the State not deem fit to challenge the orders of bail passed by the high court? The state unfortunately has exhibited no seriousness worth the name."
     The top court directed the accused persons to surrender and expedited the trial against them in three FIRs registered against them in Varanasi.
     "We direct the chief judicial magistrate district Varanasi and the additional chief judicial magistrate court number 5, District Varanasi to commit all the three criminal cases…of this judgment to the sessions court, within a period of two weeks from today without fail," it said.
     The bench said as all the criminal cases were being committed to the sessions court, the trial court concerned should proceed to frame charges within a week from then on.
     The trial court was ordered to take immediate steps to secure the presence of the accused in case it found that the accused persons had absconded or there whereabouts were not known.
     The 95-page verdict was authored by Justice Pardiwala, who said once charges were framed by the trial court in individual cases, the trial court should proceed with the recording of the evidence, preferably on a day-to-day basis and complete the trial within six months.
     The bench directed the state to appoint three special public prosecutors for conducting trials and said police protection should provided to the victims and their families.
     The police was granted two months to trace the absconding accused persons and produce them before the court concerned at the earliest.
     The bench said at trial's end, the trial court concerned should pass appropriate orders on compensation to the victims under the provisions of the BNSS 2023 including under the Uttar Pradesh Rani Laxmi Bai Mahila Evam Bal Samman Kosh managed by the Land Welfare Committee.

Delhi Police rescue newborn and arrest three members of an inter-state human trafficking network; probe reveals racket stretched across Gujarat, Rajasthan, and NCR.

New Delhi | April 14, 2025:
In a shocking revelation, the Delhi Police have uncovered a child trafficking network that sold over 30 newborn babies to affluent families across the Delhi-NCR region. Operating across Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Delhi, the gang targeted infants from impoverished tribal families and sold them for ₹5–10 lakh each.

Modus Operandi and Criminal Background

The gang reportedly sourced babies from tribal communities in Pali, on the Gujarat-Rajasthan border. Saroj, the mastermind, assigned Yasmin the task of abducting infants. Once secured, Saroj coordinated the ‘deliveries’ with Anjali and collected the payments directly from wealthy families in Delhi-NCR.

Delhi Police rescue newborn and arrest three members of an inter-state human trafficking network; probe reveals racket stretched across Gujarat, Rajasthan, and NCR.

New Delhi | April 14, 2025:
In a shocking revelation, the Delhi Police have uncovered a child trafficking network that sold over 30 newborn babies to affluent families across the Delhi-NCR region. Operating across Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Delhi, the gang targeted infants from impoverished tribal families and sold them for ₹5–10 lakh each.

Modus Operandi and Criminal Background

The gang reportedly sourced babies from tribal communities in Pali, on the Gujarat-Rajasthan border. Saroj, the mastermind, assigned Yasmin the task of abducting infants. Once secured, Saroj coordinated the ‘deliveries’ with Anjali and collected the payments directly from wealthy families in Delhi-NCR.

Cathy Terkanian was happily married and living in Massachusetts but would often think about the smiley, blue-eyed baby girl she had given up for adoption when she was a teenager - hoping she was having a good life.

Then, after years of wondering, she made the shocking discovery that her daughter, Alexis Miranda Badger, had in fact been murdered by her adopted father, Dennis Bowman, who dismembered her body and buried her in a shallow grave in the backyard of his Michigan home.

Now Terkanian, who is featured in Netflix's Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter, tells the Daily Mail the true horror of discovering that her daughter, re-named Aundria Bowman, had been placed with a serial killer.

'There were a few people my daughter grew up with who told me quite a few graphic details... terrible things,' she said. 

'I think he (Dennis) was molesting my little daughter at a very young age,' she added. 

A late decision to cut a support fund by 40% has led to a chaotic and distressing situation, with therapy for vulnerable children cancelled or delayed, writes Dr Leslie Ironside

As a consultant child and adolescent psychotherapist, I am writing to express serious concern about the government’s handling of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) this financial year. The ASGSF has long been a vital resource for adoptive families, enabling access to specialist therapeutic support for children who have experienced early trauma, loss and disruption. I have worked with many such families under this scheme and seen the positive, often life-changing impact it can have.

This year, however, the situation has been chaotic and distressing. The decision on ASGSF funding was left until very late in the financial planning cycle, leaving families and professionals in limbo. When the decision finally came, the funding had been cut by 40% – a severe blow.