The Central Adoption Resources Authority (CARA) has filed a report in the case of an allegedly fraudulent adoption process carried out by an American agency. The adoption process had landed 27-year-old Jennifer Haynes in trouble after she was deported back to India in July last year. Jagannath Patil,deputy director of CARA in his report,has said that CARA has communicated with the central agency in the US and also asked the Maharashtra Government to conduct an enquiry in this regard. Patil stated that CARA will be able to form any opinion in the matter only after getting reports from these quarters. Haynes,who was adopted by an American 20 years ago,had moved the Bombay High Court seeking action against the Americans for International Aid and Adoption (AIAA) which had processed her adoption papers. In her petition,she has blamed the AIAA for jeopardising her stay in America as her adoption process was carried out in violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,1989,and the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Inter-Country Adoption. Patil revealed that according to the communication received from AIAA,it had monitored the placement of the child for a period of three years. According to the agency,it reported all alternative placements to the court in Indian and Indian Council of Social Welfare in the case of Jennifer. According to them,when adoption of Jennifer disrupted,the agency took legal custody of her and brought her to Michigan and she was placed in a foster home. CARA has now sought opinion of the Central Agency of USA dealing with the adoption matter to comment on the response received from the foreign agency. As far as the Indian agency is concerned,the CARA has requested the state government to conduct an enquiry. Jennifer is now seeking a direction from the court to CARA to de-register AIAA and other foreign agency based in United States and registered with the Indian Government and stop inter-country adoption. She also wants to be deported to her lawful permanent residency in United States and restore her with her two American minor children and her American husband. Until then,she should be accorded the status of being the State Guest in India by providing shelter food and money for expenses. Her petition stated that she was also a victim of sexual abuse from her foster father and the abuse continued even after changing several foster homes.
