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The Aftermath of Abusive Adoption Practices in the Lives of Adoption Triad Members: Responding to Adoption Triad Members Victimized by Abusive Adoption Practices
From David M. Smolin and Desiree L. Smolin: The above-titled presentation was given as a plenary presentation at the Annual Symposium of the Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS) on April 18, 2012. Herein is a slightly modified version of the Power Point used at the presentation. We corrected some typos and made some [...]
Cambodia: USDOS Adoption Notice – Update of status of adoptions in Cambodia
From The US Department of State: Cambodia March 19, 2012 Notice: Update of status of adoptions in Cambodia The Office of Children’s Issues wishes to provide a further update for U.S. citizens interested in intercountry adoptions with Cambodia. The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation recently announced to all embassies with diplomatic and [...]
Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Huminska’s Anioly, Inc.
From the US Department of State: Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Huminska’s Anioly, Inc. On March 2, 2012, the Council on Accreditation (COA) made the decision to temporarily suspend Huminska’s Anioly, Inc. for failing to maintain substantial compliance with the Hague accreditation standards. Huminska’s Anioly, Inc. is a Hague accredited adoption service [...]
David M. Smolin and Elizabeth Bartholet debate international adoption
Intercountry Adoption: Policies, Practices, and Outcomes, edited by Judith L. Gibbons and Karen Smith Robati, will be published in June of 2012. The book will inlcude a chapter in which Professor Elizabeth Bartholet and Professor David Smolin debate the laws and policies of international adoption. That chapter is currently available online from SelectedWorks (The Berkeley [...]
USCIS Unable to Resume Processing Adoptions from Vietnam
From USCIS: Released Feb. 2, 2011 Intercountry Adoptions Under the Hague Adoption Convention WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced it cannot approve a Form I-800, Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative, filed on behalf of a child to be adopted from Vietnam. The Department of State (DOS) has [...]
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