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United States of America

The USA is a member of the Hague Treaty on international adoption.

Dutch citizenship under The Hague Treaty

Adoption procedures for children who are adopted by adoptive parents with a BKA number that was issued before April 1st, 2008 will be considered as ‘transition cases'. These children will not automatically obtain Dutch nationality. Parents will have to re-adopt the child in the Netherlands according to the Dutch adoption procedure.

Adoption procedures for prospective adoptive parents who have a BKA number issued after April 1st, 2008 will be considered to be procedures under the Hague Treaty. Children will automatically obtain Dutch nationality after the adoption is finalized in the USA . In some procedures, under the Hague Treaty, the placement will occur in a US state that does not permit finalization by non-residents. In those instances, finalization will occur in the Netherlands after completing applicable post-placement procedures.

Full Circle Adoptions (FCA)

As of February 2010, Full Circle Adoptions in Northampton , Massachusetts and the NAS have signed an agreement for partnership.

We are very proud and happy to be able to work with this highly valued and ethical organization which has already earned a strong reputation in the USA . FCA has been approved by the US Central authority for outgoing cases. With FCA as our partner, we will be able to mediate in adoption in a very clear, transparent and ethical way, where both the “Hague” procedure and every party present in the adoption triangle are done justice.

Procedure

Prospective adoptive parents who are interested in adopting through Full Circle will have to follow the procedure that the NAS and FCA have agreed on. The procedure to register with the NAS is essentially similar for both partial and full mediation. It is important to know that no exceptions will be made.

First step for the prospective adoptive parents is to contact the NAS and visit the website of Full Circle Adoptions for further information. We'd appreciate it if you please do not call FCA as your initial contact as the agency does not have the time to respond to numerous calls in the first instance, they schedule phone or Skype appointments as appropriate and when needed.

Prospective adoptive parents may first consult with the NAS. When the NAS judges according to objective criteria that you match with the demands of this contact, we will send you an information brochure and introduce you to FCA. You are required to contact the NAS either by phone (during state hours) or by e-mail. State hours are published on the homepage of the website of the NAS, weekly on Monday.

Subscription and waiting list

Prospective adoptive parents may subscribe with the NAS once the approval for adoption has been issued. You may very well contact NAS and FCA prior to the issuing of the approval to gather initial information. By law, the NAS is not allowed to sign you in without the approval for adoption.

The waiting list of the NAS is determined by the date of reception of the home study and the approval to adopt by the NAS. After placement on our waiting list, the waiting position is fixed. The prospective adoptive parents will be asked to complete a ‘reciprocal release of information' allowing FCA and NAS to discuss the family's needs and adoption planning.

The NAS will send you an invoice upon the receiving of your home study and the approval to adopt. Registration with the NAS will cost € 370 regardless of whether or not you are accepted as client.

Upon receiving the home study, the NAS will study it and discuss the findings within the team. In case the NAS is under the impression that certain remarks in the home study might conflict with adoption through FCA, the NAS will consult with FCA. If the result of this consultation has consequences for your desired adoption procedure through FCA, the NAS will inform you as soon as possible.

Who can adopt through FCA

FCA is primarily based in the US state of Massachusetts and the agency works in many states throughout the US. State laws differ widely. Massachusetts ' state adoption law does not allow discrimination on the basis of age, relationship/marital status, sexual orientation, religion or nationality/ethnicity and FCA follows this practice.

However, there are a number of challenges involved in adopting internationally in the US . These challenges arise due to the requirements of The Hague Treaty on international adoption (also called “Hague”), Dutch law and regulations and the preferences of expectant parents. As a result of these additional challenges and particularly in consideration of the typical requests of US expectant parents, NAS encourages prospective adoptive parents who match with the following profile to make an adoption plan for this contact:

•  Married or cohabiting in a male/female, male/male or female/female relationship
•  The oldest partner, at the time of sending the dossier to the USA , has at least 30 months before turning age 40 in order to leave sufficient time before the Dutch imposed age limit .
•  In case the oldest parent will have fewer than 30 months before turning age 40 at the time the dossier is submitted, the adoption procedure may be done in the name of the youngest partner. The NAS will inform you about legal consequences in these kinds of procedures during the intake interview.
•  Prospective adoptive parents are required to have an excellent understanding of American English, both in speaking and in writing.
•  Most US expectant parents will request that prospective adoptive parents to stay in touch with the birth family. Prospective adoptive parents are required to be prepared and willing to stay in contact with birth parents and/or birth families, with respect to possible in person visits and in written communication. These vary depending upon the request of the biological parents.
•  Prospective adoptive parents are required to stay in the US with the child until the legal protocols are completed or any revocation period has elapsed (whichever is longer). This means that prospective adoptive parents will have to accommodate the Dutch demand of a 60 day revocation period, whether or not the law of the birthparent's state allows this.

 

Families that cannot adopt through FCA:

Although, as stated before, while Massachusetts and many US laws do not discriminate, some prospective adoptive parents are unlikely to be chosen by birth parents given the constrictions of the international process, Dutch law and the requests of biological parents. Since there are considerable emotional and financial costs and since the costs of this procedure are non-refundable, NAS encourages families who match with the following criteria to consider other adoption options and to not pursue an adoption procedure through FCA:

•  Single men and women
•  Prospective adoptive parents where there are less than 30 months between the time of sending the dossier to the USA and the applicable parent's 40 th birthday (due to Dutch limits on age). It is important to realize that no priority will be given to any parent on the waiting list for reasons of age and the Dutch age limit at any point in the process.
•  Prospective adoptive parents who are not fluent in spoken and written English.
•  Prospective adoptive parents who are not prepared to stay in contact with the birth parents or birth families during the child's growing up years.

 

Departure after referral

Possibilities for foster care in the USA are very limited. This means that prospective adoptive parents have to be prepared to leave for the USA immediately and not longer than 48 hours after the match for a child is offered to them and accepted. Prospective adoptive parents who are not capable of leaving for the USA on such short notice (including weekends), are advised to choose another adoption contact.

Age of the children

It is expected that only newborns and young infants (under 6 months) will be available for adoption.

Background of the children

One basic principle of the Hague Treaty is that prospective adoptive families in the child's own country should be considered first. Children who are part or full African American heritage, who have a substantial family medical or mental health history (and resulting risk), who have been during pregnancy exposed to drugs, alcohol, medications or who have other conditions will be more likely to comprise the children available for outgoing international adoption.

During the orientation and the intake interview, the range of the backgrounds of children will be discussed with the prospective adoptive parents. The prospective adoptive parents will be asked to fill out a form of medical and mental health risks they are willing to accept. It is advised that prospective adoptive parents who are the most flexible and who are the most willing to accept a child of any heritage, and/or some degree of medical and/or mental health risk, will have a greater chance of being chosen by the birthparents.

Siblings

The adoption of siblings is rare in this procedure unless the siblings are twins; twins who are available for adoption are also rare and therefore prospective adoptive parents should not enter this process hoping or expecting for twins or siblings.

Preference for gender

It is not possible to express a preference for the gender of the child. Most birthparents prefer a family who is completely open on the gender of the child.

The costs for the adoption procedure

International adoption in the USA, generally, is a costly procedure. Fees are for professional services and are not payment for a child. All fees are non-refundable. There is no guarantee of a referral or for a placement. Though many components of the fee are fixed, some of them are not and may depend upon the circumstances of the particular case. The NAS will discuss the fee schedule with you during the intake interview. The fee schedule includes a contribution to the 'general adoption fund', please look also at our fee information on this website for further details.

General Adoption Fund US FCA

In case of placement of a newborn baby, due to pre-birth selection of the adoptive parents, while matching can take place only after birth of a child, it may happen that a birth parents reconsiders the

adoption or a mis-match happens e.g. due to medical circumstances. This applies only for babies. In this case the General adoption fund applies. The general adoption fund is managed by the NAS in full consultation with FCA and will provide a compensation to prospective adoptive parents for a part of the costs, in case of a match being withdrawn because of the above mentioned circumstances. Coverage of the fund is always depending on costs that are made and can never exceed the content of the fund. Furthermore this fund is being used for costs before the matching, when there is already pre-selected a proposed adoptive family by the birthmother, but the formal matching cannot yet be done, because the child is not yet born.

Nederlandse Adoptie Stichting (NAS), A Full Circle Adoptions

Legea adoptiei ar putea fi schimbata in 2011

Legea adoptiei ar putea fi schimbata in 2011

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Hope & Homes for Children

ISS Report Haiti

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Haiti
International Social Service (ISS), International Social Service (ISS) - Germany

Oogje dicht op ambassade voor transseksuele ex’

Oogje dicht op ambassade voor transseksuele ex’


Geknoei met papieren voor illegale adoptie

door Johan van den Dongen BANGKOK, zaterdag In het onderzoek naar mogelijke misstanden op de ambassade in Bangkok richt Buitenlandse Zaken het vizier onder anderen op een diplomaat die onder toeziend oog van zijn meerderen zou hebben geknoeid met adoptiepapieren en naturalisaties. De man zit nog op zijn post.

De consulair medewerker zou hebben verzwegen dat zijn ex-vrouw, voor wie hij ooit een Nederlands paspoort zou hebben geregeld en met wie hij twee Thaise kinderen zou hebben geadopteerd en genaturaliseerd,
een transseksueel is. “Daarmee mag je veronderstellen dat die Nederlandse papieren onrechtmatig zijn afgegeven. De vrouw is geen moeder, maar vader”, zegt ambassademedewerker Dirk-Jan van Beek, die
vandaag wordt ondervraagd door het ingevlogen team van het ministerie.

De onthulling van het onderzoek in Bangkok, gisteren in De Telegraaf, heeft tot een stroom reacties geleid van mensen die zeggen bedroevende ervaringen te hebben met de ambassade.

Het bizarre verhaal rond de consulair medewerker zou eind 2009 aan het licht zijn gekomen, toen
een Thaise dame aan de balie verscheen met een zwaar beschadigd, verlopen Nederlands paspoort. “Ze verklaarde dat haar Nederlandse man tijdens een scheidingsruzie het paspoort had toegetakeld. De baliemedewerkster liep ermee naar de diplomaat, die door het paspoort bladerde en goedkeurig gaf voor een nieuw exemplaar.” “Tot ieders verbijstering merkte een collega op dat ze de dame had herkend als de
ex-vrouw van de diplomaat, die juist door het paspoort had gebladerd en er verder niets over had vermeld.

Uiteindelijk kon hij niet anders dan opbiechten dat de vrouw zijn ex is, met wie hij ooit twee Thaise
kindjes adopteerde.” Toen de vrouw werd gebeld door onze baliemedewerkster, viel op dat
zij een zwaardere stem had. Er rezen vermoedens, maar toch werd nieuwe paspoortafgifte goedgekeurd en behield de ‘dame’ haar Nederlandse nationaliteit. Bij nader onderzoek bleek dat in het beschadigde
paspoort ook ne’t daar te zijn beschadigd waar het geslacht vermeld had moeten staan. Na sterk aandringen gaf hij toe dat ze een kathoey is, een transseksueel.”

De diplomaat heeft zijn functie behouden, aan het Nederlanderschap van zijn ex en adoptiekinderen is nooit getornd, meldt Van Beek.

http://news-siteonline.blogspot.de/2010/08/oogje-dicht-op-ambassade-voor.html

 

PEDOS/PERVERTS
Netherlands

Jeffrey Epstein Faces Child Trafficking Probe

Jeffrey Epstein Faces Child Trafficking Probe

By WSP Jul 30, 2010, 2:45 PM Author's Blog

The Daily Beast reports that the U.S. Justice Department is investigating hedge-fund manager Jeffrey Epstein for child trafficking.

Last week Epstein, whose net worth is estimated at $2 billion, completed his “sentence” of one-year house arrest in Palm Beach for soliciting prostitution with a minor. But it appears his problems may not be over. Now The Daily Beast has learned that:

• Federal investigators continue to investigate Epstein’s activities, to see whether there is evidence of child trafficking—a far more serious charge than the two in his non-prosecution agreement, the arrangement between Epstein and the Department of Justice allowing him to plead guilty to lower-level state crimes. Trafficking can carry a 20-year sentence.

Jean Luc Brunel, Bill Clinton, Jeffrey Epstein

Illegal adoption of 29 Sierra Leonean children

Illegal adoption of 29 Sierra Leonean children
The Foundation for Democratic Initiatives and Development has written a letter to the embassy of the United States of America seeking an update on the alleged adoption of 29 Sierra Leonean children some years ago.
According to Hindowa Saidu, the coordinator for the Foundation for Democratic Initiatives and Development he said “I want to draw your attention to a letter I wrote to the Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children Affairs, Dr. Soccoh Kabia, dated 30th November 2009 raising issues of the alleged illegal adoption of twenty-nine (29) children from Makeni to the United States by a local NGO Help a Needy Child Sierra Leone and another organization from America, Maine Adoption Placement Services (MAPS)”.
The controversy between parents and guardians of children allegedly adopted and flown abroad to the United States by HANCI and MAPS is a long drawn matter which has been in existence since 1997 when a report was made to the Human Rights office of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), he stressed.
He went on to say that “the parents/guardians of these children insist that they never gave their children to HANCI and MAPS for adoption to America. They maintain that the children were given with the understanding that they would be incorporated into a welfare home within the country and not to be trafficked as has now been the case”.
The said adoption took place between United States and Sierra Leonean Nationals and as such we as a Human Right Organization had expected a prompt and positive response from the Embassy of the United States of America, he opined.
He further stated in the letter that “I must confess that we are not happy with the snail pace this matter is being handled by not only your Embassy but by the Sierra Leonean authorities as well. This has the potential of destroying the good image of your country which by virtue of its position as super world power is supposed to be moral guarantors of human rights and democracy globally”.
He therefore called on the embassy to kindly update them with the actions taken so far in trying to solve this gross human right violation.
http://www.awoko.org/?p=9509
Sierra Leone, United States of America
MAPS (Maine Adoption Placement Services)

Police use DNA against human trafficking

Police use DNA against human trafficking

 
English.news.cn   2010-07-28 09:13:16  
China
China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA)

Good comes from chaos in Haiti

Good comes from chaos in Haiti

Posted: 28 July, 2010

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(Bethany photo)

Haiti (MNN) ? Six months ago, few would have said that the Haiti earthquake could bring good. The quake, however, has brought awareness to one very important thing: adoption.

Bethany Christian Services reports a 26 percent increase in the interest of domestic and international adoptions in 2010 than over the same time period in 2009. John VanValkenburg says this is due in large part to the January disaster as people were struck by the incredible needs of Haitians, especially Haitian orphans.

"Currently, adoptions are still closed in Haiti, but what we were able to do [right after the quake] was capture a lot of people who were interested and send them some information," explains VanValkenburg. "Some of those people have decided to wait until they can adopt from Haiti, and other people looked at other options."

In a Bethany press release, the organization says Intercountry Adoption placements are up 66 percent since 2009, and over 5,000 more inquiries about Intercountry Adoption have been made. This brings the total of this type of inquiry up to 10,567 in just six months.

The unprecedented numbers had Bethany staff swirling for a while, but as the number of requests and inquiries has died down, the ministry has had time to catch up and enjoy the way God is using the church and His people to help the helpless. Still, there is much work to be done.

VanValkenburg says, "Globally, there's an estimated 163 million orphans. That was probably about 15 to 20 million less just a few years ago; so the number is increasing, which just goes to show that adoption alone isn't going to solve this problem."

Adoption and foster care certainly help, though. Even one adopted child into a Christian family is worth the process, especially if the child comes to know Jesus Christ.

If you feel God calling you to volunteer with Bethany, to be a foster parent, or to consider adoption, call Bethany at 1-800-BETHANY. For further contact information, click here.

 

 


About this Organization

Bethany Christian Services
Int'l Adoption Services

Phone: 616-224-7610
Alt. Phone: 800-652-7082
Fax: 616-224-7436
Web site
901 Eastern Avenue NE Grand Rapids, MI
49501-0294

About Haiti

  • Population: 10,157,000
  • People Groups: 9
  • Unreached Groups:
    1 (11%)
  • Primary Language: French
  • Primary Religion: Christianity
  • Evangelical: 22.2%
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Inflation rising, but PAPs can adopt kids with just Rs 3K salary

Inflation rising, but PAPs can adopt kids with just Rs 3K salary

Vijaysinh Parmar, TNN, Jul 26, 2010, 10.40pm IST
RAJKOT: High rate of inflation is a matter of worry for officials of Kathiyawar Nirashrit Balashram, one of the most renowned orphanages for adoption in the state.

They have written to Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), an autonomous body under ministry of social justice and empowerment, Government of India, suggesting increase in the current monthly income for prospective adoptive parents (PAP) from Rs 3,000 to Rs 7,500 per month in view of the rising inflation.

According to CT Parikh, retired district and sessions judge and chairman of the adoption committee of this orphanage, at present orphanages across the country follow the guidelines laid down by the government.

According to the guidelines, PAPs should have regular source of income with a minimum average monthly income of at least Rs 3,000 per month. However, lower income will be considered taking into account other assets and support system like own house etc. This is one of the criteria which must be fulfilled.

"Looking at the current price rise, income of PAPs should be higher as it is in the interest of the orphan. We have to think of best placement of orphans through adoption in the country. Sound financial and educational background with good repute in the society is a must for PAPs, who want to adopt children from orphanages. The simple logic is, how can a couple, which earns Rs 3,000 per month, provide good education and medical attention to the child in these time?" asks Parikh.

During the last 20 years, 300 such children have been adopted from this orphanage. Of these, 125 have been adopted by foreign nationals.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Inflation-rising-but-PAPs-can-adopt-kids-with-just-Rs-3K-salary-/articleshow/6220717.cms
India
Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)

Spain Orders Judge to Return Salary Over Gay Adoption Trial

World|Wed, Jul. 28 2010 09:53 AM EDT

Spain Orders Judge to Return Salary Over Gay Adoption Trial

By Ethan Cole|Christian Post Reporter

A judge in Spain has been suspended for ten years and ordered to return his salary of about $127,000 to the government because he delayed a decision to allow a lesbian to adopt her partner’s child.

Judge Fernando Ferrin Calamita has to return the salary he received during his suspension while awaiting the decision of the Spanish Supreme Court as well as pay the couple $7,661 and pay another fine of $919.

Calamita was found guilty of obstructing the adoption process when he denied the lesbian’s request to adopt the child while waiting for a report on the impact of same-sex families on children. He was initially suspended for two years from the practice, but the Supreme Court in December 2009 increased the suspension to 10 years.

“[T]he powerful Spanish homosexual lobby, with the consent or passivity of all the institutions, decided to punish Ferrin and make him an example,” commented the conservative Spain-based Professionals for Ethics, according to the Catholic News Agency.

“This process has had as its purpose the expulsion of Fernando from the bench, after a career as a just judge with an impeccable record.”

Calamita plans to appeal the Supreme Court decision, but under Spanish law he needs to repay his salary first. If he wins the appeal, the money will be returned to him.

Spanish activist group HazteOir, which is helping Calamita to raise funds for the salary repayment, said it has about $39,000, according to Lifesitenews.com.

Calamita, a married father of seven, was serving as a family court judge when the Supreme Court suspended him for ruling against the gay adoption.

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