Illegal adoption accused frustrates magistrate

March 20 2013 at 03:24pm

By Tania Broughton

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Children’s shelter owner to face trial

January 23 2012 at 08:25am

By Tania Broughton

Durban North children’s shelter owner Hester Elizabeth van Schalkwyk will face trial later this year on allegations that she ran the home illegally and facilitated illegal adoptions.

It is also likely that she will face further charges of fraud for misrepresenting to prospective adoptive parents that she was legally entitled to do adoptions.

DOS Notice: U.S. – Ireland Operating Arrangement

Friday, May 3, 2013

Notice: U.S. - Ireland Operating Arrangement for Outgoing Adoptions of U.S. Children by Irish Prospective Adoptive Parents

The Department of State and the Adoption Authority of Ireland have concluded discussions on an operating arrangement for Irish prospective adoptive parents to adopt children who are eligible for intercountry adoption in the United States and who will emigrate from the U.S. to Ireland under Hague Adoption Convention (Convention) procedures. The operating arrangement includes eligibility standards for prospective adoptive parents and prospective adoptive children in accordance with Irish and U.S. Convention procedures.

The Department of State will host a conference call with the Adoption Authority of Ireland and interested U.S. accredited adoption service providers who are accredited to provide outgoing adoptions service from the U.S. to address any questions and facilitate guidance on the arrangement. The Department of State will provide further details on the conference call in the near future.

License temporarily suspended adoptions to Los Pisingos

By: WRITING LIFE TODAY | 6:53 pm | December 3, 2012

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Rwanda: Children Council Rejects Adoption Age

BY JAMES KARUHANGA, 3 MAY 2013

The National Commission of Children (NCC) has opposed a string of proposals in the draft law on child adoption.

Appearing before Parliament's standing Committee on Political Affairs and Gender debating the Bill governing persons and family, Sylvestre Hitimana, the NCC lawyer, highlighted concerns, especially on Article 280 on minimum age for adoption.

It states that no one shall be allowed to adopt a child unless he or she is 18 years old. The clause adds that potential adoptive parent must be at least three years older than the child.

Under Child Adoption Threat, Ireland Drops Magnitsky List

02 May 2013 | Issue 5122

The Moscow Times

Ireland has dropped plans to impose U.S.-style Magnitsky sanctions on Russia after Moscow warned that it might respond by banning Irish parents from adopting Russian children.

The Russian opposition assailed Ireland, saying it had not only bowed to Kremlin blackmail but had also shown a lack of leadership as the current president of the European Union.

Adoption drive could 'distract' from helping needy children, care inquiry finds

MICHAEL GOVE’s drive to increase adoption levels risks becoming a “distraction” from efforts to help the majority of children needing homes, an eight-month inquiry into the care system has concluded.

Adoption drive could 'distract' from helping needy children, care inquiry finds Photo: ALAMY

By John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor10:15AM BST 01 May 2013

The inquiry by eight charities concluded that the current system is failing thousands of children, shifting them from placement to placement, severing family ties and friendships rather than encouraging stable relationships.

Family takes case over refusal to recognise daughter’s adoption

Authority refusing to recognise adoptions of Mexican-born children, court hears

The family claim the provisions of the 2010 Adoption Act are incompatible with their constitutional rights

Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 05:18

The Adoption Authority in Ireland has refused to recognise or register more than a dozen Mexican-born children adopted by Irish families, the High Court has heard.

Police question Mukono family over illegal adoption

By Ephraim Kasozi

Posted Tuesday, April 30 2013 at 01:00

Ephraim KasoziPolice have questioned parents and relatives of an eight-year-old boy who was allegedly adopted by a United States family in 2009 without following legal procedures.

The Police Anti-human Trafficking Taskforce, in partnership with Child Rights Advocacy Organisation and Kyampisi Childcare Ministries (KCM), stormed the family in Kiwumu village, Mukono District following reports that city lawyers duped the parents to give in their boy against their will.

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