Imagine Adoption: Gary Goodyear’s wife on the payroll – and the company they co-own is on the creditor list.

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The Kitchener-Waterloo Record reports on the link between Valerie Goodyear and the ongoing Imagine Adoption/Kids Link International bankruptcy meltdown:

The 16 employees of the bankrupt agency included Valerie Goodyear, wife of federal cabinet minister and Cambridge MP Gary Goodyear.

In a written statement yesterday, Gary Goodyear said his wife helped place children with families and wasn’t involved with the agency’s finances. He also said he has never been involved with its operations. [...]

Ethiopian kids in limbo as adoption agency folds

Last Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2009 | 6:18 AM PT Comments25Recommend20

CBC News

A woman from B.C.'s southern Interior who is in Ethiopia to adopt two children is calling on the Canadian government to help dozens of children stranded by the bankruptcy of an adoption agency.

The Ontario-based agency Kids Link, which operates Imagine Adoption in Ethiopia, went bankrupt Monday, jeopardizing hundreds of potential adoptions for new parents.

Adoption law to be changed before autumn

Romanians based abroad will qualify for adopting children from the country. The new law will shorten processing terms.

published in issue 4473 page 5 at 2009-07-16

Romanian nationals based abroad will be allowed to adopt children from Romania, adoption processing terms will be shortened and special adoption management offices will be set up following amendments to Law 273/2005 on the legal regime of adoptions to be adopted at the end of September, according to ‘Ziua’ daily. ‘There are many applications filed under Law 49/2009 stipulating that the inter-country adoption of a child already declared adoptable may only be approved in the situation where the adopting parent is the child’s next of kin up to the 3rd degree, Bogdan Panait, Secretary of State at the Romanian Adoptions Office, has stated. He further noted that, for the time being, the authorities were not considering the ‘liberalisation’ of international adoptions because such a thing could only happen when we have a very thoroughly regulated domestic adoption system and post-adoption procedures. According to the official, the new law will offer ways to expedite the processing of the adoption of children already declared fit for adoption. Romania currently has a total of 22,000 children in residential care and 20,000 in foster care, most of who have families and may not be offered for adoption, the source further explained. ‘Our intention is that all those children who are taken into care and who cannot be reunited with their families or extended families should be declared fit for adoption. It’s abnormal for an infant who is left behind in the maternity hospital to be raised by foster parents until coming of age’, Panait said. Only 1,000 children are currently adoptable in Romania. The number of families cleared for adoption is 2,500. The procedure is rather difficult, taking 15 months on the average.

by Adelina Mihut

Agency's implosion shows peril of adopting abroad

The bankruptcy of Ontario-based Imagine Adoption puts on hold the dreams of hundreds of families

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Hayley Mick

Adoption Agency Goes Bankrupt

Josh Pringle

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Ontario Government is working with bankruptcy trustees and the Federal Government to see how families affected by the bankruptcy of an adoption agency can be helped.

The Ontario agency that specializes in adoptions from Africa has gone bankrupt.

NSW nears gay adoption

Written by Peter Hackney

Wednesday, 15 July 2009 13:34

The inquiry into same-sex adoption in NSW has handed down its findings, recommending that same-sex couples be allowed to adopt.

The NSW Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice made the recommendation yesterday at the conclusion of the Adoption Practices in NSW Inquiry.

Vietnamese police bust foreign theft ring

Posted : Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:41:34 GMT

Author : DPA

Category : Asia (World)

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Babyhandelaars opgepakt in Vietnam

ANP, EFE

Gepubliceerd op 15 juli 2009 09:40, bijgewerkt op 09:42

HANOI -

De politie in Vietnam heeft een netwerk van babyhandelaars ontmanteld. Zij heeft zeven personen die worden verdacht van het verkopen van 33 pasgeborenen aan klanten in China, opgepakt.

Adoption Agency Collapses, Takes Dreams with It

15/7/2009 - Taking prospective parents by surprise, the collapse of Canadian adoption agency Imagine Adoption and its associate, Kids Link, made headlines all accross the nation.

Imagine Adoption, an Ontario-based Government-licensed international adoption agency, surprised its expectant parents by filing for bankruptcy earlier this week. Now, 200 parents are left to pick up the remaining pieces of their dream of providing a home to an impoverished child.

Surprisingly, this is not some isolated case of financial mismanagement. Stories from adoption analysts and from parents say that the dangers of adopting abroad are increasing. The expansion in the number of international adoption agencies, especially in countries with corruption and a weak rule of law, means that accountability and transparency in their financial books may not be 100% reliable.

While a heartfelt way for some people to attain their dream of being parents while giving back to the world, international adoptions may not be the surest route.

Mother's fight to get newly adopted child

Updated Wed. Jul. 15 2009 8:21 PM ET

A Kitchener woman is taking matters into her own hands after hearing Imagine Adoption has filed for bankruptcy.

Jennifer Ziegler says she will fly to Ethiopia to make sure her adopted daughter is safe while, she waits for the child's Canadian visa to go through.

Officials are advising against this. Citizenship and Immigration Canada says they can't finalize the adoption cases until the paperwork is in order.