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International Adoption
Uruguay approves $513,000 settlement for disappearance, illegal adoption during dictatorship
From The Washington Post with Foreign Policy: Uruguay’s president has approved a $513,000 payment to Macarena Gelman, who was illegally adopted during the dictatorship after her mother was tortured and disappeared. The payment complies with an Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling that accuses Uruguay of delaying justice for crimes committed by its dictatorship in [...]
With DNA Testing, Suddenly They Are Family
From The New York Times: Growing up, Khrys Vaughan always believed that she had inherited her looks and mannerisms from her father, and that her appreciation for tradition and old-fashioned gentility stemmed from her parents’ Southern roots. But those facets of her self-image crumbled when she was told, at age 42, that she had been [...]
Adoption and the DNA Family Search
From The New York Times: Many (although far from all) adult adoptees are frustrated by their lack of access to their biological past. The relative openness of adoption records varies from state to state and from year to year, and while many adult adoptees have searched for and found birth relatives, their legal right to [...]
USCIS Public Engagement: “Grandfathered” Adoptions Engagement
From U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Dear Stakeholder, USCIS invites interested parties to participate in a national stakeholder teleconference on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 @ 2:00 PM EDT. The purpose of this engagement is to discuss changes to the process of “grandfathering” certain adoption cases as orphan cases when the U.S. and another country [...]
Washington: State officials investigating several cases of abuse of adopted children
From The Daily News Online: An alleged child starvation case near Longview is one of more than a dozen cases — including one death — that have state officials reviewing how adopted children are placed and treated. The number of abuse cases is small compared to all adoptions. But a string of high-profile child starvation [...]
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