Born as Yoon-hwa in South Korea in 1974, she became Petra Zwart of the Netherlands at the age of 1. Her adoptive Dutch family provided a warm and welcoming home to both Zwart and her biological brother, who was adopted at age 5. Even so, Zwart recalls finding it difficult to fit in as a child, due to her East Asian appearance being different, "like an ugly duckling." She and her brother were among the nearl.
THE Supreme Court (SC) reiterated that the consent of adopter’s legitimate children who are at least 10 years old and above is necessary for a petition for adoption to prosper. In a 10-page decision penned by Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, the Court’s Third Division denied the petition for…
The average cost of adoption can vary by state, country and type of adoption: domestic adoption, international adoption and adoption through foster care.
Besides the expensive and lengthy adoption processes, child-caring agencies struggle to find families for their children due to the ‘negative beliefs about adoption’ in the Philippines.