State-sponsored misandry leaves newborn in legal limbo

Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2008-08-06 15:32

Story here. Excerpt:

'Manji Yamada was born last month after eggs from an Indian donor were fertilised using the Japanese man's sperm and implanted in the womb of the surrogate Indian mother.

Her biological father split from his wife after the fertilisation process, and his former spouse no longer wants the baby.

In the absence of a surrogacy law in India, the child -- who is an Indian citizen -- will have to be adopted by her Japanese father Ikufumi Yamada, 45.

But Indian law does not allow the adoption of a girl by a single father, lawyers and doctors said.

"There is a legal complication as the father is alone and Indian adoption law says a single male can't adopt a girl," Sanjay Arya, the doctor who is looking after the baby, told AFP by phone from western Jaipur city.'

Anyone from India, do you know if single women are allowed to adopt children, in particular boys?

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Sandeep soparkar a dancer now shooting for a holiwood movie was allowed to adopt a girl child

Sushmita Sen the miss universe 1994 also adopted a girl child

( funny how boy childs are not adopted legally ) but they find "nonlegal" adoptions where in fathers takes parenting responsibility of the child ( schooling and teaching) and the boy child takes care of the parent in old age.

The reason is obviously the woman wants money ( Japanes Yens ) from the father and all the authorities want a cut .

Now they have allowed . I presume the everyone has been paid off.

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Submitted by bharati on Sun, 2008-08-10 14:42