The bench noted that the issues facing the petitioners were that the husband has exceeded the age limit, and the family friend who would act as a surrogate was not genetically related as per the statutory requirements.

In a case heard by the Karnataka High Court on April 21, a single-judge bench has set a test with three conditions to check the eligibility of surrogacy, as one of the parents has crossed the age limit.

The bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna noted that the issues facing the petitioners were that the husband has exceeded the age limit, and the family friend who would act as a surrogate was not genetically related as per the statutory requirements. It proposed a triple test, which included a genetic test, a physical test, and an economic test.

The wife in the case was 45 years old, while the husband was 57 (two years past the age limit for surrogacy). Their son had passed away in a road accident after completing his MBBS, and they found out that there would be a long waiting period to adopt another child. The wife had also earlier had a hysterectomy. In the case of surrogacy, the sister-in-law of the husband was willing to donate the egg cell while a 25-year-old family friend was willing to act as a surrogate to give birth to the child.

The court, further, directed the couple to approach the relevant Surrogacy Board or Authority, which was in turn directed to pass appropriate orders for eligibility certificate within four weeks, bearing in mind the observations of the court.

NC’s Baptist Children’s Homes dedicates ministry home for birth mothers

With the cutting of a ceremonial ribbon, the transformation of a historic, residential home, brought back to life after nearly being condemned, is complete. Much like the women this new ministry will serve, the house is prepared for a bright, new beginning as The Emmanuel Home.

Approximately 200 people attended the dedication ceremony on Tuesday (April 25) to celebrate the opening of the completely restored home that is the next step in Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina’s commitment to providing compassionate support to birth mothers — women who have chosen adoption for their babies through BCH’s Christian Adoption Services (CAS).

“This is a heartbeat ministry,” BCH President/CEO Michael C. Blackwell shared with those in attendance. “Emmanuel Home is giving courageous birth mothers a glorious opportunity to be partners with God in affirming life with all of us. We are in the business of sharing the hope of God in Jesus Christ and restoring the lives of those who accept Him.”

The new ministry for birth mothers came together through two lead gifts. The residential home was given to BCH in 2021 as an estate planning gift by Thomasville resident Charles Franklin Finch. Once it was determined that the home, which sits directly on the outskirts of BCH’s Mills Home campus in Thomasville, was perfectly located for this new effort, CAS supporters Chris and Darci Horne of Charlotte made a lead financial gift. They donated funds from the sale of a piece of property that was willed to them by a friend from their church whose name was Emmanuel.

Despite the Zambia affair, according to 24sata, one child from DR Congo was adopted and brought to Croatia after the eight were arrested at the beginning of December last year in Zambia.

After eight Croatian citizens ended up in a Zambian prison on suspicion of child trafficking from DR Congo, a woman from central Croatia managed to adopt a child from that country, from the same orphanage, and bring him to Croatia, 24 Hour has learned .

"The woman adopted a child from the same orphanage as the arrested Croats, and the adoption process was identical. The girl she adopted received all Croatian documents," people familiar with the case told 24sata, Telegram reports .

They said that when she saw what happened to the Croats in Zambia, she decided to go directly to DR Congo to get the child. According to the interlocutors involved in the case, the woman gave an African woman a power of attorney to bring her a child from an orphanage. "She went to DR Congo alone to meet her and the child. The African woman in question, who has a company in Croatia, and who had a power of attorney, came to pick her up at the airport in DR Congo," they say.

Then the two of them brought the girl to Croatia. 24sata states that seven more children with Croatian documents are waiting to go to Croatia in the same orphanage.

After eight Croatian citizens ended up in a Zambian prison on suspicion of child trafficking from DR Congo, a woman from central Croatia managed to adopt a child from that country, from the same orphanage, and bring him to Croatia, 24 Hour has learned .

"The woman adopted a child from the same orphanage as the arrested Croats, and the adoption process was identical. The girl she adopted received all Croatian documents," people familiar with the case told 24sata .

An East Coast iwi is partnering with the government to give iwi and local groups more say in decisions about uplifting children.

The move is part of a wider plan to make Oranga Tamariki more community-led, and aims to get iwi and local organisations more involved in interventions from the outset.

Te Ara M?tua is a partnership between the iwi Ng?ti Kahungunu, Oranga Tamariki and local health advocacy group Te Tumu Whakahaere o Te Wero.

It aims to get iwi and local organisations more involved in decision making at the start when wh?nau require intervention.

Minister for Children Kelvin Davis said it was expected there could be a continued reduction in the number of children in care by using community relationships to intervene earlier and more effectively.

I adopted my daughter and her best friend. Then my daughter reunited with her identical twin — separated at birth and raised 9,000 miles apart.

Keely Solimene adopted a Vietnamese girl, and then her best friend.

Then she discovered that one had an identical twin.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Keely Solimene. It has been edited for length and clarity.

A few months after I adopted my two daughters from Vietnam, I found a seemingly innocuous document buried in a pile of paperwork that I planned to sort and put in a cabinet with the other records.

A court finds: The city of Duisburg should never have taken her little Lara away from Janine S. But the girl has been living with foster parents for years. What now?

There is an elementary school directly opposite the orange apartment building in the south of Duisburg where Janine S. lives. Red clinker bricks, handicrafts on the windows, children's noise during the breaks. If her daughter were still with her, she could start school there next year, simply run across the street home after class and call out: "Mom, I'm back!"

But in all likelihood Lara, whose real name is different, will go to another school in another city, accompanied by other parents, her foster parents, the people she has been living with for five years.

Janine S. often looks over in the direction of the school. "It hurts me," she says. She often shed tears. It's a look at a parental life that hasn't been lived. "I missed everything. All the milestones: learning to walk. Speaking. Riding a bike. The youth welfare office stole my time with my daughter." An accusation that her lawyer Lukas Hugl will repeat in an interview with ZEIT: "This is the confiscation of a minor by the youth welfare office in Duisburg."

And indeed: In January 2023, almost five years after the youth welfare office ordered Lara to be taken into care, the Düsseldorf Administrative Court also decided that it was illegal. A representative of the youth welfare office recognizes this in court. On paper, Janine S. got it right. Indisputable, certified with an official stamp. The decision lies in front of her, protected in transparent film. The only problem is: It is unclear whether this will be of any use to her.

A lawyer who grew up in Westchester is being remembered for his outgoing personality and ability to make a lasting impression on anyone he met.

Charles Michael Kunz, a native of Rye, died on Friday, April 21 at the age of 37, according to his obituary. 

Born in Rye in 1985, Kunz graduated from Rye High School in 2003 and went on to earn his undergraduate degree from Arizona State University in 2006. After stints of living in Nevada and Arizona, he eventually moved to North Carolina in 2011 to be closer to his family. 

There, he found his calling and graduated from North Carolina Central University Law School in 2016. Kunz then went on to begin his own law firm, Kunz Law LLC, in February 2017. 

He also met the love of his life during his time in North Carolina and married his life partner, Hope Alfaro, in 2021 in downtown Durham at the 21c Museum Hotel.

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Par Malika Attar

Spotlight on Westminster after Labour-led Welsh administration says sorry to mothers coerced into giving away children

UK ministers are under renewed pressure to formally apologise for the practice of forced adoption after the Labour-led Welsh administration said sorry to mothers coerced into giving away children.

Julie Morgan, the deputy minister for social services in Wales, said on Tuesday in the Senedd that the whole of the Welsh government was “truly sorry” for the cruelty of forced adoptions.

The move, which follows the Scottish government’s apology last month, was welcomed by campaigners who called for the UK government to follow suit for England.

Morgan said: “Regardless of the societal pressures or social norms of the day, such cruelty should never be an acceptable part of our society in Wales. I would like to convey my deepest sympathy and regret to all affected, that due to society failing you, you had to endure such appalling historical practices in Wales. For this, the whole of the Welsh government is truly sorry.”