A fund to provide therapy for adopted children will continue, the government has confirmed, after families criticised uncertainty over its future.

Families had been calling for clarity for months about the adoption and special guardian support fund, which expired on Monday.

Children and Families Minister Janet Daby recognised the delay had caused "a very difficult time" for many people but said £50m had been allocated for the fund for this year.

MPs welcomed the announcement, but said the delay had left families "in limbo", with some therapy stopped and services closed because of the hiatus.

Daby did not confirm when applications for the fund would reopen.

South Korea's adoption practices over nearly 50 years are being butchered in a new report, with the government largely blamed.

The report, prepared by South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and presented at a press conference in Seoul on Wednesday, follows a three-year investigation and describes the entire adoption process as a mistake.

The commission also believes that the government must apologize to the victims and provide compensation to children whose identities were forged.

Many children were given orphan status even though their parents were alive, which has made it very difficult for adopted children to track down their biological relatives. Some of the children were outright abducted from their parents before they were adopted.

The commission states that for almost 50 years, South Korea handed over responsibility to adoption agencies without adequate oversight, and that the adoptions were characterized by fraud and mismanagement.

Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Savitri Thakur said at present, there are only 22 adoption orders pending at DM level across the country as per the CARINGS portal.

NEW DELHI: Over 30,000 Indian parents are waiting for adoption in the country, the centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

In a written reply, Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Savitri Thakur, said there are 32,856 In-Country Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) and 859 Inter-Country Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) waiting for adoption as per data on Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (CARINGS) portal.

She said the WCD ministry is the nodal ministry for the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act, 2015) which is the primary legislation for ensuring safety, security, dignity and wellbeing of children in need of care and protection.

The functionaries of the states and UTs implement the Act through institutions like State Adoption Resource Agencies, local Child Welfare Committees and District Child Protection Units (DCPUs).

Kochi: HC has emphasized that a mere entry as ‘adopted' in a baptism register or certificate does not confer the legal status of adoption, ruling that only a valid adoption made following the applicable Civil Law is recognized under Canon Law.

Justice A Badharudeen's ruling came while dismissing an appeal by Mary Joseph of Alappuzha and her adopted son John George, challenging a civil court order that declared the adoption invalid and denied John any legal rights to his deceased adoptive father's property.

Mary contended that she and her husband had adopted John from a Children's Home in 1989, with full inheritance rights as a biological child. However, after her husband's death, his siblings filed a suit claiming rights to the property.

Upon reviewing the adoption records, HC noted the district court, Kottayam, had only appointed Mary and her late husband as guardians of the minor boy and directed the Children's Home to hand over custody, without granting adoption.

HC, referring to Supreme Court precedents, reiterated that only an adoption compliant with Civil Law is recognized under Canon Law. HC further stated that to establish a valid adoption, there must be concrete evidence of the formal process, including the physical act of giving and receiving the child.

My name is Saviëlle, I am 29 years old and come from Harderwijk. At the age of 2 I was adopted from China. On March 16th I received the incredible news that a DNA match was found with my biological parents. This came as a huge shock - it feels like the impossible has become reality.

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More than 2,000 orphaned children are currently awaiting adoption across India, with West Bengal having the highest number among the states, according to data shared by the Women and Child Development Ministry. Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Savitri Thakur, presented the statistics recently, revealing that a total of 2,321 children are in the adoption pool nationwide.

Thakur noted that most Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) prefer to adopt younger children, particularly those below six years of age and in normal health, through the designated CARINGS portal. “If there is availability of a lesser number of such children in the adoption pool, the waiting period for PAPs may be higher,” she stated in a written response.

Among the states, West Bengal has the highest number of children awaiting adoption at 309, followed by Maharashtra with 261, Odisha with 225, Bihar with 205, and Telangana with 197.

The minister also provided insights into child nutrition and welfare. She stated that as per the projected population, India had approximately 13.75 crore children up to the age of five in 2021. However, only 7.49 crore children in this age group were enrolled in Anganwadis and registered on the Poshan Tracker as of February 2025.

Further, out of the 7.25 crore children measured for growth parameters like height and weight, alarming figures were recorded. About 39.09 per cent were found to be stunted, 16.60 per cent were underweight, and 5.35 per cent were wasted, indicating severe malnutrition concerns among young children in the country.

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I heard it. Actually quite interesting that his own two kids come from the same orphanage…

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Gesendet: Samstag, 26. Mai 2007 00:00
An: Arun Dohle
Betreff: NOVA tv tonight

At this moment Co Poulus in NOVA - Co Poulus says a nightmare for adoption parents and Meiling but what about adoptees...he even says that what they do is in the interest of the child.

 Because it has to do with the adoption channel. He pin points on the procedure which they follow. Because of that Meiling should not be blamed. But former director Zef Hendriks stated that in 1990 the Dutch Ministry of Justice and even Meiling was informed by the Dutch Agency Wereldkinderen. But Co Poulus still denies any responsibility and knowledge about the whole situation.

https://www.topics.nl/opinie-of-moeten-we-maar-helemaal-stoppen-met-adoptie-a17221107vk/b0475b3cb93b8b4f86e8775799b9470f435e0dfa439f81787a0cefac3e22d8a8/?context=zoek/?query=Adoptie&referrerUserId=fada8eeaca184a46babdb0855ef66e3a

After an adoption stop of a year, adoptions from abroad will soon be resumed, under stricter conditions. But wouldn't it have been wiser to stop intercountry adoptions altogether?

Last week, Minister Franc Weerwind for Legal Protection presented a proposal on how to proceed with the intercountry adoption system, which had previously been fiercely criticized by the Joustra Committee, after which the then Minister Dekker promptly suspended all adoptions.

The 'polder solution' that is now before us is that adoption will continue, but that four intermediary agencies will be reduced to one foundation, which the government can monitor more closely. Weerwind itself wonders how the required substantial investment relates to the decreasing number of adoptions, sometimes under a hundred children each year. The question is: wouldn't it be wiser to stop altogether?

Inez Teurlings, on behalf of the Interlandelijk Adoptees Foundation (SIG) and self-adopted:

Betreff: my first meeting with Hoksbergen and Mary Rukmani´s case

I met Hoksbergen at the YWCA Chennai- run by Sarah Chanda- close friend of sister theresa.

First thing he said to me…” oh..i head you are so angry on the adoption system…and you have a right to”….my neck hairs were going up….i said yes..of course I m angry….he said I can help you…I know even people ( most likely SD Gokhale) who are very close to your indian family…I m going to Pune and I could possibly mediate…- I replied you can try- but I don´t think you have a chance….i felt he was playing a game- and I know no one can mediate in my case.- just no way….Later we went to his room with his friend/ companion and watched the documentary about my story…he then also showed me the annexed gpapers…and told me that his friend Andal asked him to search for that child….i read it…..read Christ Faith Home – ICCO ( german now defunct criminal agency) and Meiling partner…..i said give me a copy, he refused…I told him, that Andal´s Damodaran´s ( ICCW/ scrutiny agency)duty would have been to lodge a complaint and that he is now used to cover up a kidnapping case. We got in a sort of fight. I was really furios.- however maintained basic courtesy.

Later I met Sarah Chandon and her friend…talked with her about the adoption issues. There for the first time in my life I received subtile death threats, that Chennai is such a dangerous place and that people get just killed or other terrible things. Clear advise was given to me to not dig into this adoption mess.

Arun Dohle

'Adoptie in India goed geregeld'