05-01-2010, 06:05 AM
I see one big issue that will come up. A lot of people, myself included, think some care should be taken around the issue of adoptee access to adoption records. The idea is, a lot of parents giving their children up for adoption don't want that child to find them again. For example, if that child was the product of a rape, they don't want to have that child coming back into their life to remind them of that traumatic experience.
At the same time, there is, IRL, some contention over people not being able to find their adoptive parents, despite the parents also wanting to find their child.
My recommendation, if you end up having space for it, would be to set up some sort of way wherein parents could indicate to their adoption provider, and children to theirs, that they would like to make contact. Should both parties agree, the contact will be arranged.
I also might recommend the creation of an agency within the WA to facilitate the connections between national agencies. This could also help with the connection service I mentioned before.
As far as paring it down, the RESOLVES clause isn't really needed. I don't know that you really need to do all that stuff about federalism. It's usually assumed that there is at least some level of national government within WA states. MANDATES I doesn't really need the "legally capable bit", because presumably those not legally capable shouldn't be coerced either, or even adopting for that matter. It can also be combined with III, something like "Shall ensure that no party involved has been coerced into participating in the process of international adoption, nor has received financial or compensatory incentive to pursue the adoption, with the exception of legitimate fees resulting from the process ;"
At the same time, there is, IRL, some contention over people not being able to find their adoptive parents, despite the parents also wanting to find their child.
My recommendation, if you end up having space for it, would be to set up some sort of way wherein parents could indicate to their adoption provider, and children to theirs, that they would like to make contact. Should both parties agree, the contact will be arranged.
I also might recommend the creation of an agency within the WA to facilitate the connections between national agencies. This could also help with the connection service I mentioned before.
As far as paring it down, the RESOLVES clause isn't really needed. I don't know that you really need to do all that stuff about federalism. It's usually assumed that there is at least some level of national government within WA states. MANDATES I doesn't really need the "legally capable bit", because presumably those not legally capable shouldn't be coerced either, or even adopting for that matter. It can also be combined with III, something like "Shall ensure that no party involved has been coerced into participating in the process of international adoption, nor has received financial or compensatory incentive to pursue the adoption, with the exception of legitimate fees resulting from the process ;"