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StOCKto aBL.AUIV ALIKIN LI BAB* AUUHIUAS AKb ULN lilt 1MKEAMSi andiTv-illLions.BlackMarketLiniorjAdoptionsdressp.m. r theIncrease Alarmingly Heremine;cramIelenR\ MICHFLINE KEATING la baby that are part of the pro-The desire of childless couples cedure of approved agencies.They will not take back thechild should anything go wrong, as licensed agencies do. Nor can they be positive the natural j mother will not demand the return of her child after the adoptive parents have grown to love it as their own.ADOPTION' means the complete and final separation of the child from his natural family. Adoptive IS I °n adoption. Under the circum-i parents, naturally, want to haveibles.andwithtionsdem-ridavlurestheto make their horhes complete through adoption has so increased during the past few years the situation is out of hand in most sections of the country.The facilities of licensed child-placing agencies have not been able to keep up with the demand, according to Dr. Charles S. Higlev. academy representative to the welfare federation study committee♦ IV.stances, many bad practices have! complete possession of a childr-o»lt;]jan-v to ;tate der.tted h a 28, r ofwasmeslatefearber-arised in adoption.Adoptive couples, he says—un able to get immediate results through application with an accredited agency or growing im patient with the careful procedure, and unmindful even of the timr required by nature— have turned to the quicker procedure of ac quiring the child they yearn for through direct relinquishment or a black market” operator.TUCSON’S four approved agen cies—the Arizona Children's home. Catholic Social service. Jewish Social service and the child welfare division of the Pima county department of public welfare—ailreport an alarming increase during the past 10 months of local adoption through the black market or direct relinquishment.Black market adoptions are arranged by individuals who facil itate the making of these direct arrangements for financial gain.Then there are others—perhaps a doctor, lawyer, minister, or even a personal friend—who in the best of good faith and with the most honorable intentions aid in quick-Iv turning over a babv from its real mother to adoptive parents.THIS indiscriminate giving away of children not onlv serves to discredit the conscientious and en. intelligent placing done by the competent licensed agencies, it creates more dangerous hazards.!There is no questioning that an unlicensed operator — whether black market or professional associate and friend—can turn over a child more quicklv to adoptive parents, welfare officials point out. IBut these unlicensed interme-; diaries usually deal in children of unknown history and family inheritances. Thev do not have theVfacilities for studying or testing) u t yLeeitis-ncein-dertorgeilaieseisitbuto-and do not want to share the child with the natural mother.To show what can happen when an adoption is made by direct re-linquisltment. without the maximum protection which is provided by licensed child-placing agen cies, let’s consider this case his-torv from the files of the Pima county child welfare department:Mr. and Mrs. D. were veryeag -r to secure a child, since theycould not have one of their own. Through a friend they learned of an unmarried girl who planned to give her expected baby for adoption.THE MOTHER was not acquainted personally with the D's. but in arranging the placement of her baby she found out who they were. Shortly afterwards, she commenced to badger the D’s with demands to see her child. She hungabout the grounds of their Tuc-! son house.In an effort to get away from these annoyances, the D’s movedto another state.The adopted little girl is now 6 vear«; old, but the D s still have the problem of threatened visits from the child’s natural mother. Periodical!v she writes, I mustsee mv child.THE I*s LIVE in constant fearthat she may arrive at their home without notice anti destroy the love and harmony which exists between them and their dearlv loved adopted daughter.And here is another case his-torv from the same file:The I/s were so anxious for achild, they told their doctor. We would be willing, to take any babv. It wouldn’t matter about background or even color.” CONSEQUENTLY, they were delighted when the doctor secured a child for them by direct relinquishment from the mother.• Thev eagerly took the baby fromthe hospital when he was 5 days old.When Johnny was 4 years old, his adoptive parents made a frantic appeal to the Pima county child welfare agency because “he won't mind us and he can t learnanvthing.They told the agency workersthey had recently contacted the doctor and his records showed both of the littfe boy’s natural parents were suffering from acute “nervous disorders.”WHEN THE I/s accused the doctor of withholding background information they should ; have known, he reminded them they had been so crazy for a child thev had said the back-ground didn’t matter.Johnnv continued to grow more psychopatic and finally doctors advised that he be placed in an institution.Mrs. L. said, If we had only dealt with an agency who would have made us be reasonable about adoption and who would have been sure about the development of the child before giving him to us.”ADOPTION is a lifetime decision. child welfare department officials point out. The whole future of an innocent child, the happiness of a well-intentioned adopting family, the assurance of a mother that her baby has been properly placed are ail at slake.No quick and ill-considered of casual arrangement is worth thfgamble, they state.Yet adoption statistics at Puna county child welfarepartment show that during past 10 months—from Aug. 1, 1952, through May 31, 1953— there have been only 35 children placed by the agency, w hereas 88 children have been placed in Tucson by independent arrangement.th«de-theADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSNOTICEOF THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT AND INVITING SEALED BIDS OR PROPOSALS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT KNOWN AS THE BROADMOOR AND PARKWAY VISTA SUBDIVISION DISTRICT PAVING ntPROVFMENT. IN THE CITY OF TUCSON. ARIZONA.PURSUANT ki the provisions of Article 23 Chapter 16. Arizona Code. 1939, and amendments and supplements thereto, Resolution No. 2686 of the Resolutions of the Mayor and Council of the Citv of Tucson. Arizona, was duly passed and adopted on the 1st day of June. 1953. ordering the improvemc#! described in Resolution of Intention No. 2666 to be done, and directing this notice to beif I i
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Tucson Daily Citizen
Tucson, Arizona, US
Tue, Jun 02, 1953
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