In a post on conflictoflaws.net, Gilles Cuniberti describes the recent ruling of the French Cour de cassation requiring recognition of an American adoption judgment that was obtained in 1999 by a French woman who was the same-sex partner of the child’s American mother. The couple were both doctors, living in Georgia at the time of the adoption. The post includes links to the court’s opinion and an article about the case in Le Monde.
More on Russian Adoptions in the U.S.
Here’s coverage from Time magazine: When the Adopted Can’t Adapt by Kate Pickert.
Global Families in the ABA Journal
Here’s an article by G.M. Filisko in this month’s ABA Journal touching on international divorce, the Hague Children’s Conventions, and the Supreme Court’s decision in Abbott: “When Global Families Fail.”
Hague Special Commission on Intercountry Adoption
The third Special Commission on the practical operation of the 1993 Intercountry Adoption Convention concluded in The Hague on June 25. Delegations from 88 countries and a variety of nongovernmental organizations devoted eight days to discussing these issues; I attended the meetings as an observer from the International Society of Family Law.
State Department Issues 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report
Last week, the State Department issued its tenth annual Trafficking in Persons Report under the Trafficking Victim Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA).
Ruling in Italy on International Adoption
Erin Bock reports on Jurist: Italy high court rules adotpive couples cannot request children based on race, ethnicity. The post includes links to various sources with more background on the ruling. (Thanks to Ellen Jones for the link.)
The Haitian Babylift
Here’s an account published in the New Yorker by John Seabrook of the adoption he and his wife were planning from Haiti, and his trip to Haiti several weeks after the earthquake. Their adopted daughter was among a group of orphans, already placed with families in the United States, who were allowed to leave Haiti in late January and enter the U.S. in what Seabrook calls “The Last Babylift.”
Public Radio: Baby Trafficking in China
American Public Media reported this week about “The Dark Side of China’s Adoption System” on its Marketplace program. The program’s web site includes a slide show and an item by Scott Tong, China correspondent for Marketplace, called “Take My Daughter: Confessions of a Chinese Baby Trafficker.”
Update: Russian Adoptions Continue
According to the New York Times, the Russian science and education minister has confirmed that the government has not suspended international adoptions. See Clifford J.
Update: Russian Adoptions
According to a notice posted this week on the State Department’s adoption website (www.adoption.state.gov):
“We have received no official notification that adoptions of Russian orphans by Americans have been suspended, but it is clear the recent controversy has slowed down adoptions in some parts of the country.