Talk Of Issues
Choosing My Mama...
Actually the child has no vote. A home—here or in Hollywood—is a skewed draw of lots.
- Indian Supreme Court judgements as well as the Hague Convention and UN Rights of Child Convention give priority to incountry adoptions over inter-country ones. Officially, Indians, then NRIs get priority over foreigners.
- There's a long waiting list for adopting Indian children. Official figures for Delhi: only 250 kids available for 1,140 applications.
- Adoptions by Indians going up sharply, including of girl children; adoptions of Indian kids by foreigners going down, now more difficult
Indians rarely adopt disabled or sick kids, or older children. Foreigners more willing. - Brangelina ineligible to adopt Indian child according to Indian official guidelines, which require a couple to be in a stable relationship for at least five years.
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