RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW, J.

1. The challenge in this appeal is to the judgment dated 23 rd September, 2011 of the learned Single Judge allowing I.A. No. 10394/2011 of the respondent no.1 (defendant no.1 in the Suit) in CS(OS) No. 700/2008 filed by the appellant. Notice of the appeal was issued and the counsels have been heard.

2. CS(OS) No. 700/2008 is filed by the appellant for declaration, that he is the natural born son of the respondent no.1 and the respondent no.2 Dr. Ujjwala Sharma, and that the respondent no.1 is the father of the appellant and for perpetual injunction restraining respondent no.1 from denying in public or otherwise the fact that he is the father of the appellant. The said suit is pending consideration.

3. During the pendency of the suit, the appellant filed I.A. No. 4720/2008 under Order XXXIX Rules 1 & 2 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) for direction to the respondent no.1 to submit himself for a DNA test and/or any other test required to determine the parentage of the appellant. The said application was contested by the respondent no.1. The learned Single Judge before whom the suit was then pending, vide order/judgment dated 23rd December, 2010 allowed the said application and directed the parties to appear before the Joint Registrar on 8 th February, 2011; the Joint Registrar was directed to arrange for the DNA testing of the respondent no.1 by the Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (Constituent Laboratory of the Council of Scientific Industrial Research, Government of India); the respondent no.1 was directed to, on the date and time to be designated by the Joint Registrar, furnish the samples for such testing; the said Institute was directed to furnish the report to the Court within six weeks of receiving the samples.

4. The respondent no.1 preferred an appeal being FAO(OS) No. 44/2011 against the aforesaid order/judgment dated 23rd December, 2010. The said FAO(OS) was dismissed by the Division Bench of this Court on 7th February, 2011.

The entrance to the Shri Shraddhanand Anathalaya Ashram orphanage in Nagpur, as seen in 1996 (left, photographed by my mum) and 2012, when she, my sister and I recently visited (right, photographed by me).

“So, you want to get her married?”

The air outside the orphanage hung still, hot and dry around the yellow cement buildings. It was the kind of heat that makes your skin sizzle and ache for a cloud burst, or perhaps any clouds at all. 106°.

Deputy Minister pursues HANCI kids in USA

The Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, who doubles as Co-Government Spokesman, Sheka Tarawalie, has made a “significant breakthrough” in Government’s efforts to find a resolution to the matter relating to the 29 adopted Sierra Leonean children taken to the USA through the organization, Help A Needy Child International (HANCI).

“Indeed I can say some progress has been made in establishing initial contacts, as I was able to talk with an intermediary who represents the views of the American families that adopted these children. I have been able to listen to the side of these families, I have heard their concerns, and I’ll report back to the Attorney General who is desirous that this matter is resolved in the best interest of the children,” the Co-Government Spokesman said in Washington, USA.

Adopción legal?

Conozca la historia de Steven, un niño adoptado por holandeses y que según sus padres biológicos, residentes en Colombia, se hizo sin su consentimiento.

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Friday, April 13, 2012

Mangalore: German Citizen's Relentless Quest for Mother Yet to be Fulfilled

Mangalore, Apr 13: Chaya (32) alias Maria Chaya Schupp has been visiting the city often since 2004, in search of her mother. She comes every time with the renewed zeal to find her, in the expectation that her quest for her mother would be fulfilled, but has been returning home disappointed.

The relentless efforts of Chaya, who lives with her foster mother, Ingrid Schupp, at Frankfurt, Germany, began with initial visits starting 2004 during which, Ingrid had accompanied her. Chaya was adopted from the home for the destitutes at Ullal, which in the past, also functioned as adoption centre.

Chaya has also approached help from courts in finding her real mother. The present visit was the fourth since 2004, but this time too she had to return empty-handed to Mumbai on Thursday April 12.

Nicklas accompanied his wife Linda for the first time to the orphanage in Pune from where she was adopted 30 years ago.

I feel I love them more and more,” says 46-year-old Nicklas Berg who held his adopted son Yogesh and daughter Trupti at Shreevatsa,an adoption centre run by the Society of Friends of Sassoon General Hospital (SOFOSH). Nicklas accompanied his wife Linda for the first time to the orphanage in Pune from where she was adopted 30 years ago. On Wednesday they,adopted two children (both siblings).

Linda was known as Megha when she was brought here way back in the 70s. Born in 1975,Megha was adopted when she was a year old by Tommy and Eva Rosvall from Sweden,says Dipika Maharaj Singh,vice-chairperson of SOFOSH. This is the 10th such case where a child from Shreevatsa who has been adopted has returned to the home to adopt other kids. “Perhaps this is their way of remembering their roots and the fact that they had spent time at their first home,” says Madhuri Abhyankar,director of SOFOSH.

There were a total of 85 adoptions in 2011,of which five children were adopted by couples from abroad,24 by Non-Resident Indians and 56 by locals in the country. Among the Indian adoptions,29 girls were adopted vis-a-vis 27 boys while four girls were adopted by couples from abroad,says Sangeeta Pawar,adoption coordinator at the centre.

It may have taken more than 30 years for Linda to visit the orphanage where she was kept for a year before being adopted by the Swedish couple,but she says,“It just felt so natural and easy to come here and adopt our children”. Linda works as a purchase assistant at a private firm in Malmo,Sweden. “I met Nicklas 12 years ago. We lived as a couple for nine years before tying the knot three years ago,” she said.

Gregorian Bivolaru / MISA case debated in the European Parliament

Press-Release 4/11/2012 - Soteria International

The Romanian judicial system scrutinized in the European Parliament.

Member of European Parliament will bring it further to the European Commission.

The Gregorian Bivolaru / MISA case again in the spot-light in Brussels.

Romania Eases Adoptions to Empty Orphanages

Going public in Bulgaria

April 9, 2012 at 9:40 AM by Susanna63 Comments »

The clean sweep we’ve been praying for…coming soon

The director of the Bulgarian Child Protection Agency recently met with the new Minister of Health who is directly responsible for the baby orphanages in Bulgaria. She is a young and very determined lady and started acting immediately. The CPA’s director himself is an orphan and spent most of the first part of his life in orphanages and institutions, so he cares a lot. They organized a sudden check up in Pleven. Groups from both the MOH and the CPA went to Pleven last Friday.

They went through all the floors and visited every corner of the building.

5 april 2012: Namibië definitief opgeschort

Geplaatst op 5 april 2012 by singlemamaviaadoptie

Sta je op een concrete landenwachtlijst…. wordt het contact ook direct weer opgeschort! Zoals ik in januari al meldde was er een vermoeden van kinderhandel en daardoor was het contact binnen een paar weken alweer tijdelijk opgeschort. Niet duidelijk was toen wanneer er weer begonnen kon worden met intakes voor dit land door de NAS. Sowieso was ik ook dan voorlopig niet aan de beurt, want met het aantal verwachtte adopties per jaar zou ik denk ik toch ook op zijn minst nog wel een jaartje moeten wachten voor ik op intake had kunnen komen, maar toch, er leek schot in de zaak te komen.

Tot gisteren. Toen kreeg ik een mail van de NAS waarin zij aangaven dat het Ministerie van Justitie een brief heeft ontvangen vanuit Namibië waarin wordt aangegeven dat het Ministerie in Namibië geen toestemming verleend voor adoptie naar Nederland. En Justitie respecteert dit. Ondanks dat de NAS aangeeft volledig samen te willen werken met de Namibische overheid, kunnen ze nu toch niet verder met de procedures. En het is ook niet duidelijk of en wanneer dit wel zou kunnen.

Dus wordt er aangegeven dat ze aspirant-adoptieouders op de wachtlijst voor Namibië aanraden te overwegen over te stappen naar adoptie uit een ander land. Leuk idee!! Welk land?? De mogelijkheden zijn zo beperkt, zowel voor singles als voor echtparen. Dus je stapt niet zomaar even over. Bij de NAS zijn er voor mij niet echt mogelijkheden, Haïti lijkt langzaamaan weer op te kunnen gaan starten met proefdossiers, maar daar zit ik bij lange na niet bij want ik sta niet eens op die landenwachtlijst. Nicaragua, Turkije, dit zijn landen waar bepaalde eisen gesteld worden waaraan ik niet wil of kan voldoen.