Overwhelmed families dissolve adoptions

More American parents find they can't cope with troubled Russian children

Monday, August 14, 2000

By Cindi Lash, Post-Gazette Staff Writer

In the early 1990s, Russia opened its orphanages to Westerners looking to adopt. The experience has been painful for some parents; as a result, Russia has suspended international adoptions. This is the second in a two-part special report on the issue.

Loans Help Couples Afford Adoption

By JOHN HENDREN

Published: February 18, 2001

WHEN Gus and Maria Teixeira brought a baby girl from South Korea to their Newark home in October, they faced adoption costs totaling $14,000. Although that is roughly half the price of some international adoptions, it rivaled the bill for the couple's Nissan Altima. So they turned to a familiar source for financing -- a bank, namely MBNA.

Now the Teixeiras are paying for their family expansion the same way they are paying for their 1997 Altima -- by the month. The couple's adoption loan, which was for $14,000 and was structured as a home equity loan, was for four years at a rate of around 12 percent -- about three percentage points above the prevailing rate on an average new-car loan.

La double vie d'un riche Belge pédophile qui avait bâti un orphelinat au Cambodge

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COUPLES LEFT IN LIMBO AS ADOPTION AGENCY CLOSES

1 November, 2015 - 10:41 General

One of the state's only adoption agencies has dramatically closed following a funding crisis, leaving more than 60 couples that had initiated an inter-country adoption, in limbo.

The Sunday Business Post reports that Arc adoption, one of just two agencies authorised to facilitate inter-country adoptions, told clients last week that it was 'winding down its operations with immediate effect'.

Exit from Adoption Sector

Posted on November 24, 2015 by arcadopt

24th November 2015

Arc Adoption decided on the 16th September 2015 not to seek a renewal of our accreditation under the Adoption Act 2010, when the current accreditation expires on 7th February 2016.

This decision was taken due to:

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Opschorting adopties uit Oeganda

2 december 2015

Vandaag woensdag 2 december verscheen in enkele kranten een bericht over de opschorting van adopties uit Oeganda. Het Vlaams Centrum voor Adoptie (VCA) heeft inderdaad de kanalen in Oeganda opgeschort. Dit betekent dat er voorlopig geen kinderen kunnen worden toegewezen.

Deze opschorting was nodig omdat de federale overheid tussengekomen is in de adoptieprocedures bij de Belgische rechtbanken. De kinderen uit Oeganda worden in Vlaamse gezinnen geplaatst met het oog op adoptie. De adoptie wordt later uitgesproken door de rechtbank in België, met goedkeuring van de Oegandese rechtbank. Door de tussenkomst van de federale overheid, is het niet zeker of deze Oegandese beslissingen zullen omgezet worden in adopties. Er is dus rechtsonzekerheid ontstaan voor heel wat adoptiegezinnen.

Het Vlaams Centrum voor Adoptie heeft samen met de adoptiediensten een gecontroleerde samenwerking opgezet met enkele tehuizen in Oeganda. Zowel het VCA als de adoptiedienst zijn ter plaatse geweest om deze samenwerkingen met de nodige garanties tot stand te brengen. De werking van deze tehuizen is voorafgaand geëvalueerd: enkel kinderen van wie de nodige achtergrondinformatie beschikbaar is en die in eigen land niet kunnen worden opgevangen, werden geplaatst in Vlaamse adoptiegezinnen. Bovendien zijn er duidelijke overeenkomsten gesloten met de tehuizen waarin o.a. alle kosten zijn opgenomen. De kosten die kandidaten moeten betalen bij een adoptie uit Oeganda worden op voorhand meegedeeld aan de adoptieouders en zijn beschikbaar op de website van Kind en Gezin.

HSE knew of ‘quasi illegal’ Bessborough adoptions in 2011

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

By Conall Ó Fátharta

Irish Examiner Reporter

A senior HSE social worker revealed in 2011 that Bessborough Mother and Baby Home files contained information on the “quasi-illegal deportation and adoption” of children to the USA, Britain, and Australia.

East Africa bans adoption of children by foreigners

By mov on August 19, 2015No Comment

The East African Parliament has recommended banning of adoption of children by foreigners, and asked partner states to tighten their laws on adoption as a measure.

The East African lawmakers are particularly unhappy that foreigners have continued to indiscriminately adopt children including those with parents.

They also say that majority of the children adopted have been abused after foreigners cutting off any links between the adopted children and their relations back home.