GRONINGEN - The Public Prosecution Service is prosecuting 19-year-old Jamesley S. from Warffum for the murder of his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend Jet from the Groningen village of Winsum. The Public Prosecution Service found Snapchat videos on his phone that showed the young man had made a plan to kill the girl. On February 21, he waited for Jet in Winsum for an hour. When she was near her parental home, he stabbed her in the back without saying anything.

This was announced on Thursday during a first preliminary hearing in the criminal case in the Groningen court. Jamesley S. has confessed. Jet allegedly wanted to end her relationship with Jamesley S., but according to the Public Prosecution Service, "no motive has yet been found" during the investigation.

That one stab was fatal for Jet. She was found seriously injured on the AS Blécourtlaan and died shortly afterwards. Jamesley, in addition to the knife, also appeared to have taken a full-face helmet, ski goggles and a bag of clothing to Winsum. He was quickly arrested and confessed that he had killed Jet.

During the first session, a visibly affected Jamesley S. remained silent. He seemed intimidated by the full room with emotional relatives and friends of Jet, a camera crew and many journalists writing.

After 27 years of separation, Ms. Nguyen Trung Hiep tearfully reunited with her newborn twin daughters, who had been entrusted to a French couple to raise. She said, "I just hope you don't hate me."

Two days after meeting her biological daughter who came from France to Vietnam to find her, Mrs. Nguyen Trung Hiep (55 years old, residing in Xuyen Moc commune, Xuyen Moc district, Ba Ria province - Vung Tau) happily recounted the unexpected reunion after 27 years of separation and the difficult circumstances of the family during these years.

Speaking to VietNamNet reporter , Ms. Hiep said she was born and raised in Xuyen Moc commune, Xuyen Moc district. In 1997, after going through a "marriage," she married Mr. Nguyen Van Tien (residing in Hoa Hiep commune, Xuyen Moc district) and later gave birth to twin girls, Nguyen Thi Kim Hong and Nguyen Thi Kim Loan, in October 1998.

She said that at that time, her family was in a very difficult situation. She and her husband had to work for others, but they still had no money to eat. At that time, learning that many foreign couples were coming to Vietnam to adopt children, they intended to give one of the two Hong sisters up for adoption in the hope that their child would have a better life.

In Switzerland, 14 cantons want to work more closely together to help adopted individuals find their biological parents. In the past, not everything was always done by the book.

Why were there so many international adoptions in the past?

In recent years, as economic and social conditions in Switzerland improved – especially for unmarried mothers – there were fewer children available to adopt within the small Alpine state. This led to some people looking to adopt from abroad. From the 1960s onwards, there was a wave of adoptions from Asian countries, and later from South America and Africa. From 1989, there was an increase in adoptions from Eastern Europe.

Fertility issues were not always the main reason for adopting. Some Swiss couples felt as though it was a “humanitarian act”. They wanted to rescue children from poverty due to their social or religious beliefs and offer them a better life with educational opportunities.

Developments in certain countries were also partly responsible. For example, the South Korean government reduced funding for social welfare systems for unmarried mothers and poor families and instead promoted large-scale international adoptions until the 1980s. In Sri Lanka, an adoption industry developed: lawyers, social workers, midwives, chauffeurs and hotels all profited from international adoptions.

Rayagada,(Badal Tah) : District Collector approved the adoption order of a girl child by a foreign couple from New Zealand

The girl child was handed over to the couple at IDS Specialised Adoption Agency Center in the presence of 
ADM Nihar Kamhar, Members of the Child Wlefare Commitee and officers of the District Child Protection Unit.
The Secretary of the Institution Devendra Kumar Beher and other staff were present in this hand over session.

The Kerala High Court dismissed a Regular First Appeal preferred against the Decree and Judgment of the Principal Sub-Judge, Alappuzha.;

The Kerala High Court held that a Baptism Certificate alone would not suffice the necessity of a valid adoption by the Christians. 

The Court held thus in a Regular First Appeal preferred against the Decree and Judgment of the Principal Sub-Judge, Alappuzha.

A Single Bench of Justice A. Badharudeen observed, "Baptism certificate alone showing the name of adopted parents would not suffice the necessity of a valid adoption and long association of a member of the adopted family would not also confer status of adopted child on a person."

The Bench elucidated that there is no prohibition in Canon Law for having a valid adoption but there is no personal law in India applicable to Christians recognizing adoption.

By holding the man liable for the upbringing of his offspring, begat through non-marital sex, the judge has created a more level playing field for single mothers, and relief for children. 

The woman, whose lover had fathered two children but refused to pay child support, must have felt vindicated when Justice C.S. Karnan ordered him to pay maintenance, in the Madras High Court.

By holding the man liable for the upbringing of his offspring, begat through non-marital sex, the judge has created a more level playing field for single mothers, and relief for children. After all, sex and reproduction is between two people and both should be held responsible for its consequences, regardless of the legal status of their relationship.

Many of us have grown up watching Amitabh Bachchan films in which the eternal mother Nirupa Roy was discarded by husband or lover. In one, she had to bring up two children, one who became a criminal and the other a police officer, both seeking justice from a society which gave so much power to a man, that he could produce children but play no part in their upbringing.

These films narrated the plight of many unwed mothers in India who became second class citizens simply because they had sex without marriage, with or without their consent, were loving and responsible enough not to abandon their children. They ended up economically and socially marginalised.

'Mij is iets vreselijks aangedaan': Ethiopische Betty doet aangifte tegen de overheid voor adoptiefraude

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3. Auteur: Eveline Rethmeier

Betty werd als jong meisje geadopteerd uit Ethiopië

Bron: EenVandaag

Behind the Scenes Observations of the Child Welfare Apparatus:

1. Observation #1: Rigid Timelines Harm Families
   The ASFA clock doesn’t always reflect real-life complexities. FFPSA’s approach acknowledges that parents often need more time and resources to address systemic or personal challenges.
2. Observation #2: Funding Decides Policy
   When the federal government pays solely for foster care placements, that’s exactly what states will use. By paying for in-home parenting support and counseling, FFPSA shifts the paradigm.
3. Observation #3: Scrutiny Breeds Accountability
   As more eyes focus on CPS, prosecutors, and family courts, expect changes in how quickly agencies move to remove children. The question is whether that scrutiny will result in meaningful reform or superficial compliance.

By Samuel A. Lopez, USA Herald

[CALIFORNIA] – Samuel Lopez here, reporting for the USA Herald. I’ve seen firsthand how child protective policies can shape, uplift, or dismantle families in crisis. Today, I’m bringing you an in-depth legal analysis contrasting two major federal child welfare statutes: The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997, signed into law by former President Bill Clinton, and the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA), signed by President Donald Trump on February 9, 2018.

In light of President Trump’s re-election and his stated commitment to keeping families intact, scrutiny of ASFA is intensifying. Many argue that ASFA is inconsistent with modern societal values, particularly regarding parental rights. Below, I’ll explain why critics say it must be abolished or radically reworked, and how FFPSA’s family-centered approach offers a compelling alternative.

Proposed Federal Mandate: Revisit and Reunify

I believe President Trump should issue an order requiring states to re-examine cases where parental rights were terminated under ASFA-driven mandates. If the underlying concerns can be resolved with targeted interventions, then reunification must be explored. This not only respects the constitutional rights of parents but also recognizes that children often fare better psychologically and emotionally when raised by their biological families—provided it’s safe.

What This Means for Families and the Future

With President Trump’s re-election, child protective agencies across the country must confront a growing demand for transparency, fairness, and “family first” strategies. Parents in crisis should no longer be penalized for issues that can be resolved with targeted help. The era of automatic TPR based solely on rigid timelines is nearing its end.

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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Bowling Green, has joined House and Senate colleagues in a bipartisan letter to President Donald Trump, urging him to work directly with the Chinese government to resolve the bureaucratic impasse preventing American families from completing adoptions that had been approved before China shut down its intercountry adoption program.

The letter stated, “We write to you on behalf of hundreds of children and American families who have been devastated by the People’s Republic of China’s decision to halt its intercountry adoption program. We request that you act in the best interest of these children and engage the Chinese government to finalize these pending adoption cases.”

In the letter, the lawmakers stressed the urgency of the situation.

“The sudden termination of China’s adoption program in August 2024 only exacerbated our concern for these children’s well-being. Many of these children have special health care needs, and some will soon age out of care systems without the support of a permanent family. … We urge you to elevate this engagement and press the Chinese government to finalize pending adoption cases so these children may finally be united with their adoptive families in the United States.”

A U.S. State Department notice last November suggested China may allow adoptions to resume for families in certain countries. The lawmakers are making it clear: the U.S. must be included in any such arrangement. American families must not be left behind, and the administration must press the Chinese government to allow these adoptions to move forward through diplomatic channels, without intervention, hundreds of children remain in limbo, despite their adoptions already being approved.