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India: Rules for foreign adoptions may change soon
From The Times of India: Foreign adoptive parents may soon have to seek permission from the Indian government before they can put their adopted children in another home or with other foster parents if any problem arises. They may even have to spend some time with the child in India before taking him or her [...]
India: Adoptee given access to file after 17 year legal battle
From The Times of India: A day after the Supreme Court allowed him to see the original adoption record which the Pune-based adoption agency was guarding fiercely, Arun Dohle was heading back home to Germany and to his own seven-year-old twin boys. However, he made a quiet resolve to come back again “to find answers [...]
U.S. tops list of adoptions from India
From The Times of India: At least 3,976 Indian children were placed for inter-country adoption through the Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) with the highest 1,500 placed in the US between 2005-2009, the Rajya Sabha was informed Monday. Of the 3,976 children adopted in foreign countries, the highest – 1,500 – were placed in the [...]
India: Bombay high court says one agency should monitor adoptions
From Diligent Media Corporation: In order to control the adoption agencies from over-charging adoptive parents, the Bombay high court on Thursday suggested constitution of a central agency to monitor all adoption agencies that will serve as a route to payment for adoptive parents. Earlier, commenting on the conditions in adoption centres, the court had said [...]
India: “Don’t treat kids in adoption centres like commodities”
From The Times of India: “We should not talk about the rich culture and heritage of our country if we treat children in adoption homes as commodities.” This is what the Bombay high court said on Thursday while expressing its anger at the state of adoption process in India. A division bench, comprising Justice B [...]
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