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Trushali
11 March 2026

Single parent entitled to apply for minor child’s passport, consent of spouse not must, says high court.

Sagarkumar Mutha / TNN / Updated: Dec 29, 2024, 04:04 ISThttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/116753628.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstTelangana High Court ruled a single parent with custody can obtain a child's passport without the other parent's consent. Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya set aside a contrary requirement, finding it

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Trushali
11 March 2026

British toddler abandoned in Romanian orphanage by his mother

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/08/british-toddler-abandoned-romanian-orphanage-mother-crime/?msockid=25a6a0ab40d7628d3095b1d941e76394Albert Tait08 January 2025 8:04pm GMTThe two-year-old remains stranded after Mariana-Mirabela Neagu abducted him in SeptemberA British toddler has been “abandoned” in a Romanian orphanage by his mother, a court has heard.Mariana-Mirabela Neagu, 26, abducted her son from the

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Trushali
11 March 2026

A moment that changed me: I travelled to India – and discovered what really defines me

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jul/26/a-moment-that-changed-me-i-travelled-to-india-and-discovered-what-really-defines-meRich PelleyWed 26 Jul 2023 07.00 BSTI was adopted as a baby and was hoping to answer the question of where I’m from. Instead, the trip reminded me of my deep love for my familyDo you think I’m Indian?’

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Trushali
11 March 2026

She was told her babies were dead. Instead they were sold abroad. What happened when she met them 40 years on?

www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/27/chile-forced-adoption-scandalBy Naomi Larsson Piñeda. Portraits: Sofía YanjaríSat 27 Apr 2024 13.00 BSTFour families torn apart by Chile’s illegal adoption scandal finally found each other decades later. They describe the emotional moment they met – and how they pieced together

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Trushali
10 March 2026

Guatemala’s baby brokers: how thousands of children were stolen for adoption

www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/04/guatemalas-baby-brokers-how-tens-of-thousands-of-children-were-stolen-for-adoptionThu 4 Jan 2024 05.00 GMTBy Rachel NolanFrom the 1960s, baby brokers persuaded often Indigenous Mayan women to give up newborns while kidnappers ‘disappeared’ babies. Now, international adoption is being called out as a way of covering up war

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Trushali
10 March 2026

Chile’s stolen children: a new effort offers hope to Pinochet-era international adoptees

www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/14/chiles-stolen-children-a-new-effort-offers-hope-to-pinochet-era-international-adopteesCharis McGowan in Giethoorn and SantiagoSun 14 Jul 2024 11.00 BSTThousands of children were adopted abroad during the Pinochet dictatorship – many in murky circumstancesMirjam Hunze was 10 years old when she found out she was adopted from Chile,

Feelings
Trushali
10 March 2026

‘Was he out there looking for me?’: the artworks that help adopted children feel seen

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/sep/30/was-he-out-there-looking-for-me-the-artworks-that-help-adopted-children-feel-seenKaty HesselMon 30 Sep 2024 08.00 BSTReal-life stories … Mary Husted’s Dreams, Oracles, Icons. Photograph: The Women’s Art Collection Murray Edwards College, University of CambridgeThe powerful story of how Mary Husted was forced to give her 10-day-old son up

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Trushali
10 March 2026

Adopted brothers donate Christmas gifts to needy

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ew51yde6yo.ampShannen HeadleyRole,BBC News, West Midlands24 December 2024Two adopted brothers said they wanted to make other children smile at ChristmasTwo adopted brothers who want to make other children smile at Christmas have donated their presents to the needy.Aged eight and

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Trushali
10 March 2026

How Britain’s ‘brown babies’ were hidden away: the secret history of the first mixed race orphanage

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/18/how-britains-brown-babies-were-hidden-away-the-secret-history-of-the-first-mixed-race-orphanageSteve RoseFri 18 Oct 2024 13.39 BST‘They cared for us and they loved us all’: British-born children of African American servicemen in the grounds of Holnicote House, 1948. Photograph: Mirrorpix/Getty ImagesAt least 2,000 babies were born to Black GIs

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Trushali
10 March 2026

I was forced to give my baby away – and it was 40 years before I saw him again

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/11/i-was-forced-to-give-my-baby-away-and-it-was-40-years-before-i-saw-him-againKate McCuskerWed 11 Dec 2024 10.00 GMTMaria Arbuckle: ‘There was no one there to fight for me. I’d been let down by everyone who was supposed to protect me.’ Photograph: Linda Nylind/The GuardianAbused as a child, barely able to

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