The court emphasized the urgency of ensuring a safe and lawful resolution for these children, who remain under the care of the CWC.
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has directed the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) to expedite the adoption process for 15 trafficked children rescued by the Rachakonda police earlier this year.
The court emphasized the urgency of ensuring a safe and lawful resolution for these children, who remain under the care of the CWC.
The directive comes after the dismantling of a child trafficking ring in May, highlighting the need for prompt legal action to safeguard the welfare of vulnerable children.
Berhampur: A 13-year-old orphaned girl from Gajapati district has found a new family in Tamil Nadu, two years after being rescued from Rayagada block following the death of her parents.In a ceremony held on Monday evening, Gajapati collector Bijay Kumar Das officially handed over the Class VIII student to her adoptive parents from Tamil Nadu, following the completion of procedures under Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) guidelines."From today, she is our daughter," said the adoptive mother, who didn't wish to disclose her name. The couple had waited for nearly a year after applying through CARA.The teenager had been residing at a child care institute near Paralakhemundi since her rescue, where she continued her education. District child protection officer (DCPO) Arun Kumar Tripathy, Dr Millan Adhikari, and officials from the child care home were present during the ceremony.According to Tripathy, this was the 62nd successful adoption from Gajapati district since the establishment of a specialised agency in 2018. These adoptions included those within India and internationally.CARA, which oversees the adoption process, is an autonomous and statutory body under the ministry of women and child development.Collector Das expressed his best wishes for the girl's future with her new family.
As soon as they heard from the nursing home that their surrogate had delivered a healthy baby, the adoptive parents (name withheld) informed the adoption agency of their decision to return the 8and 10-year-old siblings they had adopted a few months earlier. The children, who are now back in the adoption home, will be counselled for foster care or placement in a govt home where they may grow up as orphans.
Since 2020, about 12 parents in Tamil Nadu have returned children – less than 10 years old – who they legally adopted through various govt-certified agencies for different reasons. Four parents quoted “adjustment issues” as a reason for returning children. While one parent thought the toddler did not make enough eye contact during conversation another felt the child had anger issues. Some parents quoted marital or financial problems within the family, and others cited the child’s poor health. In one case it was the death of a parent. Officials confirmed that while three of them have been re-adopted, one is in foster care and the remaining still in govt homes.
The social welfare department has recorded three dissolutions of adoption in 2020, four in 2021 and five in 2023. Protocols, however, are now being implemented to ensure they don’t happen again. “We counsel parents at least twice to see if we can help them retain the child. In some cases, we know parents may not have a choice. The adoption process is then dissolved to declare the adoption void,” says social welfare secretary Jayashree Muralidharan.
An authorised agency applies for dissolution to the district magistrate through the district child protection unit. Once the process is completed, the child is back on the list of those “legally free” for adoption. “Considering the long wait list, most children get another chance quickly,” says Muralidharan. “In general, most adoptions are successful. Dissolutions, however, have become unavoidable due to various reasons in some cases.”
Psychiatrists say parents who surrender adopted children cannot be villainised as they are seeing a rise in “adaptive challenges” for different reasons. First, as adopted children identified with early stressful childhood, many parents seek consultations for “behaviour issues” after complaints from siblings, neighbours and schools. “It’s tough on the child as well as the parent. Until some years ago, most adoptions happened within the family. A couple who do not have children will adopt their nephews or nieces, or from families known to them. The joint family system monitored the upbringing of the adopted child,” says child psychiatrist Dr V Jayanthini.
Today, information about biological parents is unknown in most cases, she says. “Mothers may not have had a happy pregnancy period. They may have neglected their diet and medical care, resulting in little bonding between the mother and the child after birth. All this can be stressful for the child. When they come to new homes the process of adapting themselves may add to this stress. While in many cases they tend to settle in with love and care, some children and parents just don’t get along.”
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Russian presidential aircraft and funds were used in a program that took children from occupied Ukrainian territories, stripped them of Ukrainian identity and placed them with Russian families, according to a report by Yale's School of Public Health.
The U.S. State Department-backed research, published on Tuesday, identified 314 Ukrainian children taken to Russia in the early months of the war in Ukraine as part of what it says was a systematic, Kremlin-funded program to "Russify" them.
Reuters was unable to confirm the report's findings independently.
In March 2023, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his child rights' commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, for the alleged war crime of deportation of Ukrainian children.
Starting in 2023, Quebec parents who want to adopt a child internationally will be required to take a preparation program developed by the Ministry of Health and Social Services.
The first steps international adoption program was launched Monday morning in Montreal by junior health minister Lionel Carmant.
The preparatory course will be done entirely online through a series of nine episodes, including readings, videos and questionnaires, in order to allow prospective parents to follow the training at their own pace.
The program aims not only to equip parents with the intricacies of international adoption but also to allow them to evaluate themselves about the process.
The nine episodes include the basic motivation to adopt a child, the experiences of children in the adoption context, their social-emotional development and risk and protective factors. The episodes also discuss the child's pre-adoption experience and subsequent search for identity.
The agency that oversees international adoptions in Quebec has put a stop to adoptions from India.
Allegations of child trafficking have forced the closing of several orphanages operating in India. One of them is the orphanage the Quebec government dealt with.
India has always been open to international adoption. But it's only since last December that couples in Quebec have been able to adopt Indian children.
The company that provides the service is called Children of the World. It founded an orphanage, Bethany Home, in the province of Tandoor. The orphanage had the approval of India's Central Adoption Resource Agency.
Five couples have adopted already, 15 others have received a picture of the baby they are waiting for.
But Bethany Home is now closed, its director cannot be found. A suspected child smuggler in India listed Bethany Home as one of his clients.
Ginette Beaulne of the Quebec International Adoption Secretariat, says prospective parents are anxious. "It's a difficult situation. You don't know what's going to happen. You've seen the child, you've already started an attachment, and we know how difficult this can be," she said.
Beaulne says adoptions are suspended until the situation can be cleared up. "Until we know more ... we won't put other adoptive parents in a situation of being very worried."
Michel Mignacco of Children of the World defends Bethany Home and its director saying there was no need for her to pay for children. "There were so many children left on her balcony every day, every day there were abandoned children. An average of 10 per day."
Mignacco says the worried couples should have answers soon.
According to Beaulne the babies destined for Quebec have been placed in a foster home in India and are still available for adoption.
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An offhand remark from a relative unlocked a lifelong family secret, and a quest to find her
Id been having dinner with my cousin Danny, in town for a few days on a business trip, when he lightly dropped the bombshell. We'd been talking about the usual things that families talk about — the trouble we'd gotten into as kids, the Thanskgivings we'd shared. Then I asked him what, if anything, he remembered about my father. Danny, seven years older than me, easily summoned fond tales of my mom's boyfriend horseplaying with him and his brothers. Of course, I'd never known that side of my father, I'd said, because he'd left my mother before I was born. "Well, yeah," Danny had replied, "he was gone, except for the thing with your sister." I sat in stunned silence for a moment, then flagged down a waiter and ordered another glass of Malbec. I had a sister.
My mother was 21 when she got pregnant with me. This was before Roe v. Wade, and anyway, she was Catholic. So her parents did what any Irish Catholic parents would do at the time — they threatened to kick her out unless she got married. It lasted three tense months. That part of the story I'd long known. What I'd never imagined was the sequel.
Danny described what he'd remembered — how, when I was three, my mother and I had decamped from our home in Jersey City to his in a quaint Boston suburb. He recalled his Aunt Bets getting "fat," and going off to the hospital with his mother one day. He said that years later, his father had told him they had offered to adopt the baby, but my mother would have none of it.
I flagged down a waiter and ordered another glass of Malbec. I had a sister.
Kathryn and Joshua Silvers allege gross negligence, medical malpractice led to their son's death at Discovery Ranch
The family of a boy who died at a teen residential treatment center in Mapleton is filing a notice of intent and notice of claim against the facility and others as a prelude to a possible malpractice claim.
Kathryn and Joshua Silvers are alleging in the notice that gross negligence, medical malpractice and systemic failures at Discovery Ranch Academy led to the death of their son, Biruk Silvers, on Nov. 5, according to a release from their attorney.
Kathryn Silvers addressed the allegations in a statement from the family during a virtual meeting Monday morning.
“In our efforts to get (Biruk) the help he needed, we placed him at Discovery Ranch Academy, believing their promises to us and at great expense to our family. We were assured we would be partners in his care and kept informed at every step of the way, but they broke that promise,” she said. “They kept us in the dark about the very things we needed to know to protect our son. On Nov. 5, 2024, a parent’s worst nightmare came true. Our son Biruk died (of) asphyxiation while in the care of Discovery Ranch Academy. And now, almost two weeks later, we know this is not an inevitable tragedy, it was a preventable one.”
Intercountry adoption often appears to be the ultimate humanitarian deed —offering parentless children the chance for a better life in a safe and loving home. However, the reality is more complex. Dr. Elvira Loibl, assistant professor at the Department of Criminal Law at Maastricht University’s Law Faculty, uncovered significant weaknesses in the Dutch intercountry adoption system. Her research played a pivotal role in the decision to suspend all intercountry adoptions in the Netherlands as of May 2024. In recognition of her work and its far-reaching impact, the Edmond Hustinx Foundation awarded her this year’s prestigious prize.
It was ten years ago that Loibl encountered the topic of illegal intercountry adoption. “It was a coincidence, actually. I knew I wanted to pursue a criminological study for my PhD, and while exploring potential topics, I read about illegal intercountry adoptions,” she starts off. “When I was working on my dissertation, I never imagined my research would have so much impact. In the same month my dissertation took place, the Joustra Commission was established.” Another coincidence that led to a chain of events that reshaped the intercountry adoption system in the Netherlands.
Edmond Hustinx Prize
The Edmond Hustinx Prize for Science has been awarded annually since 2011 by the Edmond Hustinx Foundation to highlight the impact of scientific research in South Limburg. The Edmond Hustinx Prize for Science is worth 15,000 euros and is awarded during the opening of the academic year of Maastricht University.
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