Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / July 2008

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Delhi/Court_cancels_orphanage_licence/
articleshow/3299576.cms
Court cancels orphanage license
29 Jul 2008,
NEW DELHI: The license of an orphanage, Bal Vihar, in Uttam Nagar,

Phew.  Our son graduated from High School last night - alive and
kickin'.  :)
I had no idea, but he even rec'd a major service award!
I'm very proud of him - he's come a loooooong way in the last 12

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2478593/Remains-of-five-children-were-deliberate
ly-concealed-in-Jersey-home.html
Remains of five children were deliberately concealed in Jersey home
Jersey police have discovered the remains of five children which were
deliberately burnt and concealed ...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4419249.ece
July 29, 2008
Gap-year mission to find baby orphans for France
Adam Sage in Paris

http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/?catid=1&newsid=40637
Lawmakers back bid to join Hague adoption convention
International adoption responsibilities would be fielded by a single
government agency if Vietnam joins the convention.

Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/07/parents-lose-cu.html
Parents lose custody after naming girl 'Talula Does the Hula From
Hawaii'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1036697/Now-Chris-Eubanks-ex-wife-b
rings-boys-gave-adoption.html
Now Chris Eubank's ex-wife brings back the two boys they gave up for
adoption
By DAN NEWLING

http://www.wickedlocal.com/lexington/news/x379993365/Court-date-set-for-Safe-Hav
en-advocate
In which the victim provides a blow-by-blow description of her
encounter with the evil minions of law enforcement.
J.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/07/24/adapting_after_a_betrayal/?
p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed7
Adapting after a betrayal
Agency struggles after major theft
By Jennifer Fenn Lefferts

http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-guatemala-stolen-baby,0,9824
26.story
DNA tests confirm first stolen baby in troubled Guatemalan adoption
system
By Associated Press

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/topstories/index.ssf/2008/07/some_police_pulling_i
n_huge_pi.html
Little-known N.J. police force earned $3.4M in overtime
by Lawrence Ragonese and Susan K. Livio/The Star-Ledger Monday July
14, 2008, 12:03 AM

http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01CAS150708
300 infants illegally put up for adoption
(15-07-2008)
NAM DINH — Around 300 under five-year-olds have allegedly been falsely

Hey ya'll,
As you may recall, I've now been communicating rather steadily with my bmom,
usually via email.  Of course, the big topic of discussion lately has been
my meeting my bdad and half-siblings next month up in Maine.  Apparently she

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune
http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/library-152/121679048039520
.xml&coll=1
Protesters seek to change laws sealing birth papers
But opposition notes mothers' privacy rights

and he wasn't anonymous, meaning she knew who he really was, why did
she
write "It has crossed my mind that it could be Pangborn himself?"
Isn't the definition of anonymous not knowing who someone is?