Haynes, who was separated from her American husband and two children — aged six and five — as a result of her abrupt deportation, had alleged various malpractices under the guise of foreign adoptions.

Twenty-one years after 85-year-old Clarice D’souza gave away Jennifer Haynes, 28, in adoption to US national George Hancox, she filed an affidavit in the Bombay high court, stating that she could not disclose the identity of her biological mother.

Haynes was deported to India owing to incomplete adoption formalities at the time of her adoption in 1989.

Haynes, who was separated from her American husband and two children — aged six and five — as a result of her abrupt deportation, had alleged various malpractices under the guise of foreign adoptions and sought action against the Americans for International Aid and Adoption that processed her adoption.

Refuting allegations made by Haynes, D’souza, a trustee of the now defunct Kuanyin Charitable Trust from where Haynes was adopted, has stated that many children are adopted by US nationals and they settle and adapt well.

D’souza has stated that Haynes allegations are baseless and her petition in court is not maintainable, as she has not exhausted the remedies available to her.

An exasperated Haynes said: “More than anything else, I want to go back to my children. But now that I am here in India I want to know something about myself, my family, my mother. I don’t want to go back to the US empty-handed.”

But D’souza’s affidavit suggests she will have to remain clueless about her parents. The 85-year-old said that revealing her mother’s identity would be a breach of confidentiality her mother was promised at the time of surrendering her child. She also states that it is now over 20 years since the documents were submitted to the court and she does not have them anymore. Haynes’s advocate Pradeep Havnur has sought two weeks time from the court to file a reply.

Child-adoption reforms deserve support

Opinion

MONDAY, 08 FEBRUARY 2010 20:03

THIS week starts the observance of National Adoption Consciousness Week, with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) taking the lead, as it advocates a better appreciation of the law—enacted last year—that laid down firmer safeguards to prevent abuse and illegal trafficking in children, while at the same time ensuring that children who need adoption most will, indeed, end up with families who deserve them and can raise them as good persons.

The DSWD has put special focus, in this year’s observance, on the perils of simulated births where, instead of a legally documented adoption, a child is made to appear as the biological offspring of another person not his/her parents. But beyond the perils of simulation, legal adoption should really be supported, both for the sake of the children and the parents, adoptive or biological.

Adopting a poor child

Monday, 08 February 2010 22:19

Promotes common good One of the things the rich and upper middle class families can do to help reduce our country’s mass poverty problem—which means helping human beings have a better life—is adopting an abandoned child. Or adopting a child whose parents, realizing their child’s need for a better life in the bosom of another family, would give him or her up.

The adoptive parents should of course be willing to invest their love in another human being in addition to those they have already as their birth sons and daughters.

They should realize that by adopting another child they will be dutybound to give the child a loving and caring family, a cradle of life and love.

Ein Baby für 5000 Dollar

Von Sascha Lehnartz 8. Februar 2010, 04:00 Uhr

Das Erdbeben hat Haitis Waisenhäuser verwüstet - Adoptionen stocken, und die Kinder leiden unter dem Chaos

Port-au-Prince - "Foyer d'Espoir" heißt Hort der Hoffnung. Es ist der Name eines Waisenheimes, das knapp 20 Kilometer außerhalb von Port-au-Prince liegt, in Thomassin, einer bergigen Gegend, für die man einen Wagen mit kräftigem Allradantrieb braucht. 23 Kinder zwischen drei Monaten und vier Jahren hat Madame Vital hier unter ihren - wie sagte man früher - "Fittichen". Madame Vital ist, zumindest in Frankreich, keine ganz unbekannte Person. Denn Frankreich ist das Land, das die meisten Kinder aus Haiti adoptiert. Knapp 1000 waren es im vergangenen Jahr. Einige davon kamen auch aus Madame Vitals Foyer.

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Nach der Erdbeben-Hölle von Haiti klagt ein Vater an Menschenhändler haben meine kleine Theresa Jenny entführt

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BANGLADESH - Adoption law ‘needs revision,’ says nun

Published Date: February 8, 2010

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CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (UCAN) — The present adoption law in Bangladesh does little to help couples who want to adopt orphans and hence needs revision, says a nun who works for abandoned children.

Zwei Kinder sitzen in Chile fest, weil ihre Adoptiveltern nach dem Erdbeben sofort helfen wollten.

Von Romina Lenzlinger | Aktualisiert um 00:48 | 07.02.2010

Eigentlich sollten Talia* (1) und Samu* (3) heute Nachmittag im Flugzeug nach Zürich sitzen. Doch jetzt stecken die Geschwister aus Haiti mit ihrem Schweizer Adoptivvater in Chile fest – weit weg von ihren leiblichen Eltern in Port-au-Prince und weit weg von ihren vier älteren Geschwistern. Aber auch Tausende von Kilometern entfernt von ihrem neuen Zuhause im Kanton Zürich.

Den beiden winkt eine schöne Kindheit in der Schweiz. Ein Ehepaar aus dem Kanton Zürich will sie adoptieren. Die leiblichen Eltern von Talia und Samu waren damit einverstanden: Sie haben zu wenig Geld, um sechs hungrige Kinder zu ernähren.

Zunächst nahm alles seinen geordneten Lauf: Im Mai 2009 begann das langwierige Adoptionsverfahren in der Schweiz und in Haiti. Im November reisten die Schweizer nach Port-au-Prince und verbrachten mit den Kindern zwei intensive Wochen.

Court process for adoptions not tedious

2010/02/07

THOSE who want to register adoptions in court should not fear the process.

Lawyer Andrew Suresh Thanaraja says the perception is that the court process is a long, tedious and public affair, but it is not true.

"Contrary to popular belief, the adoption procedures in courts are conducted in a very relaxed manner in chambers. It is very private.

The Real Grace Omaboe and Peace and Love Orphanage

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