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Cambridge ; Antwerp ; Portland : Intersentia, [2014]

xvi, 251 stran ; 24 cm

ISBN 978-1-78068-228-0 (brožováno)

European family law series ; 36

Obsahuje bibliografii na stranách 223-245, bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík

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CONTENTS // Acknowledgements...vii // Table of Cases...xiii // Chapter 1. Introduction... 1 // 1.1. The Importance of Europe... 6 // 1.2. Structure of the Book... 7 // Chapter 2. Combating Abuses: International and Regional Regulation 11 // 2.1. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child... 12 // 2.2. Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in // Respect of Intercountry Adoption... 16 // 2.3. Revised European Convention on the Adoption of Children 2008... 18 // 2.4. Proposing Normative Guidelines... 18 // Chapter 3. Intercountry Adoption and the Domestic Child Welfare System: // The Principle of Subsidiarity...21 // 3.1. Subsidiarity in Practice: Waiting Periods and Necessary Conditions ... 22 // 3.2. Continuity of Culture, Language, Religion and Ethnicity...30 // 3.3. The Place of Domestic Alternatives...34 // 3.3.1. Institutional Care: Can It Ever be Appropriate?...35 // 3.3.2. Foster Care: Alternative or Smoke-Screen?...41 // 3.4. Impact of Intercountry Adoption on the Domestic Child Welfare // System...43 // 3.4.1. Sending Countries...43 // 3.4.2. Receiving Countries...47 // 3.5. Conclusion...48 // Chapter 4. Consenting Adults: Giving and Receiving Consent to Adoption. 51 // 4.1. Consent by the Birth Mother... 53 // 4.1.1. How Soon Is Too Soon? The Timing of a Mother’s Consent // and its Revocation...54 // 4.1.2. Promoting Assistance during the Adoption Process...60 // 4.1.3. Conclusion...55 // Intersentia // Children’s Rights in Intercountry

Adoption // 4.2. Consent by the Father...66 // 4.2.1. The Importance of Establishing Paternity...66 // 4.2.2. Who Is Required to Give Consent to an Adoption Order?...67 // 4.2.3. Establishing Paternity: Registration, Acknowledgement and Court Order...72 // 4.2.4. Identifying the Father: Investigation and Determination... 75 // 4.3. Conclusion...80 // Chapter 5. Buying Babies: The Inducement of Consent... 81 // 5.1. International Instruments... 81 // 5.2. Elements of Consent... 83 // 5.2.1. “Free” Consent... 83 // 5.2.2. Is Consent Ever Free?...86 // 5.3. Payments and Compensation...89 // 5.4. Improper Financial Gain in Adoption...95 // 5.4.1. “Approved Non-Accredited Bodies”...99 // 5.4.2. Independent and Private Adoption... 100 // 5.5. Conclusion... 103 // Chapter 6. Compulsory Adoption: Adoption Without Consent... 105 // 6.1. Loss of Parental Rights and Parental Misconduct... 106 // 6.2. Overriding a Refusal to Consent... 108 // 6.3. Abandonment, Lack of Contact and Disinterest... 110 // 6.4. Legal Assistance to Parents... 113 // 6.5. Conclusion... 114 // Chapter 7. Child Participation: Autonomy and Protection... 117 // 7.1. International Instruments... 118 // 7.2. Adoption in Europe... 121 // 7.3. Autonomous Decision-Making... 122 // 7.3.1. Strict Age Limits... 122 // 7.3.2. Age Limits with Exceptions for Capable Children... 126 // 7.3.3. Age Limits with Exceptions for Best Interests... 127 // 7.3.4. No Age Limit or Laws on Consent... 128 // 7.3.5. European Convention

on Human Rights... 130 // 7.4. Participation of Younger Children... 133 // 7.5. Participation and the Protection of the Child’s Welfare... 139 // 7.6. Conclusion... 145 // x // Intersentia // Contents // Chapter 8. Adoptive Parents: Eligibility, Preparation, and Support 147 // 8.1. Adoptive Parents and the Rights of Children: Complementary or // Contradictory?... 148 // 8.1.1. Intercountry Adoption: An Emerging Market... 148 // 8.1.2. A Right to a Child?... 151 // 8.2. Qualifications of Adoptive Parents... 154 // 8.2.1. International Instruments... 154 // 8.2.2. The Age of Adopters: How Old Is Too Old?... 155 // 8.2.3. Marital Status: Single Adoption... 163 // 8.2.4. Marital Status: Unmarried Couples... 166 // 8.2.5. Adoption by Same-Sex Couples: Changing Social Perceptions?. 169 // 8.2.6. Conclusion... 172 // 8.3. Facilitating the Adoption: Counselling, Contact, Monitoring and // Support... 172 // 8.3.1. Counselling of Prospective Adoptive Parents... 173 // 8.3.2. Establishing a Pre-Adoption Relationship... 177 // 8.3.3. Post-Adoption Services... 179 // 8.4. Conclusion... 183 // Chapter 9. Who Am I? The Child’s Right to Identity... 185 // 9.1. International Instruments... 185 // 9.1.1. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child... 185 // 9.1.2. Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption... 188 // 9.1.3. Revised European Convention on the Adoption of Children ... 189 // 9.2. The Right to Access Information?... 190 // 9.2.1. Why Is Access to Information Important for

a Child?... 190 // 9.2.2. The Child’s Access to Information in Europe... 191 // 9.3. Secrecy and Birth Parents... 197 // 9.3.1. Must Information Be Recorded?... 197 // 9.3.2. Balancing the Rights of Biological Parents and Children 207 // 9.4. Conclusion... 210 // Chapter 10. Conclusion... 211 // List of Legislation...217 // Literature...223 // Index...247 // Intersentia // XI