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Russian lawmakers endorse bill to ban adoptions by gender-transition countries
1 month ago

Russian lawmakers endorse bill to ban adoptions by gender-transition countries

LA Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to New People party’s leader Alexey Nechaev during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow. Russia’s upper house of parliament on Wednesday endorsed a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal. Lower house speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, who was among the new bill’s authors, noted that “it is …

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Russia set to ban foreign adoptions from gender-transitioning countries, limit child-free advocacy
1 month, 1 week ago

Russia set to ban foreign adoptions from gender-transitioning countries, limit child-free advocacy

Firstpost  

Russia’s parliament approved a bill to ban adoption by citizens from countries where gender transitioning is legal, reinforcing measures against non-traditional sexuality and promoting ’traditional values' On Tuesday, the final reading of a bill prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by citizens o countries where gender transitioning is permitted was approved by Russia’s lower house of parliament. Following a series …

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Russian parliament advances bill to ban adoptions by gender-transition countries
1 month, 1 week ago

Russian parliament advances bill to ban adoptions by gender-transition countries

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russia’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday passed final reading of a bill to ban adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal. The measures, which now go to the upper house of parliament and then to President Vladimir Putin for signing into law, follow an array of acts in recent years suppressing …

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Supreme Court rejects challenges to law that governs tribal adoptions
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court rejects challenges to law that governs tribal adoptions

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Supreme Court on Thursday left intact a decades-old law that prioritizes the placement of Native American children with Native families or tribes in child custody proceedings, rejecting challenges brought by several adoptive parents. “But that is not because this Court has no justice to offer them.” “Our Constitution reserves for the Tribes a place – an …

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South Korea’s truth commission to probe foreign adoptions
2 years ago

South Korea’s truth commission to probe foreign adoptions

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission will investigate the cases of dozens of South Korean adoptees in Europe and the United States who suspect their origins were falsified or obscured during a child export frenzy in the mid- to late-1900s. The decision Thursday opens what could be South Korea’s most far-reaching inquiry into foreign adoptions yet, …

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Michigan Settlement Lets Faith Agencies Deny LGBT Adoptions
2 years, 10 months ago

Michigan Settlement Lets Faith Agencies Deny LGBT Adoptions

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING LANSING, Mich. — Faith-based adoption agencies that contract with the state of Michigan can refuse to place children with same-sex couples under a proposed settlement filed in federal court Tuesday, months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for a Catholic charity in a similar case. In 2019, Lansing-based St. Vincent Catholic Charities sued the state, challenging a …

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60 Important Judgments Of Delhi High Court In 2021
2 years, 11 months ago

60 Important Judgments Of Delhi High Court In 2021

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court gave several significant verdicts in 2021. "Right Of Access To Justice Gravely Hampered Due To Pandemic; Take Expeditious Steps For Hybrid Courts Infrastructure": High Court To Delhi Govt Observing that citizens' right of access to justice has been gravely hampered due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Delhi High Court directed the Delhi Government to take …

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All India Family Law Digest 2021 : Judgments Of Supreme Court & High Courts
2 years, 11 months ago

All India Family Law Digest 2021 : Judgments Of Supreme Court & High Courts

Live Law  

As the year 2021 is coming to an end, LiveLaw brings to you an yearly Round-up of important updates in the subject of Family Law from the Supreme Court and various High Courts. Unequal Treatment Of Wives A Valid Ground For Divorce For Muslim Women: Kerala High Court A Division Bench of Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Sophy Thomas …

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How to adopt a child legally
3 years, 7 months ago

How to adopt a child legally

The Hindu  

Profiteering from child trafficking rackets knows no bounds. Furthermore, CARA became pivotal in granting a ‘no objection’ certificate for all inter-country adoptions, pursuant to India becoming a signatory to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoptions. Only such children declared legally free for adoption under the Juvenile Justice Act by prescribed procedures can …

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Decision strikes key parts of Native American adoptions law
3 years, 8 months ago

Decision strikes key parts of Native American adoptions law

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Parts of a federal law giving Native American families preference in the adoption of Native American children were effectively struck down Tuesday by a sharply divided federal appeals court, a defeat for tribal leaders who said the 1978 law was important to protecting their families and culture. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a lower court’s finding that …

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Legal Vacuum In Respect Of Adoptions Carried Out By Christian Parents Prior To 2016: Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Centre, CARA
3 years, 9 months ago

Legal Vacuum In Respect Of Adoptions Carried Out By Christian Parents Prior To 2016: Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Centre, CARA

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has granted protection to a US-based Indian Christian couple, apprehending legal action for adopting a child in India in the year 2014, under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. A Single Bench of Justice Pratibha M. Singh noted that prior to coming into effect of the Juvenile Justice Model Rules in 2016, there was no …

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