The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: Treaty Doc. 105-51 and Its Implementing Legislation, S. 682 : Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, October 5, 1999, Volume 4 |
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Page 32 - A lawyer shall not enter into an agreement for, charge, or collect an illegal or clearly excessive fee. (B) A fee is clearly excessive when, after a review of the facts, a lawyer of ordinary prudence would be left with a definite and firm conviction that the fee is in excess of a reasonable fee.
Page 32 - In determining the amount of the fee, it is proper to consider : (1) the time and labor required, the novelty and difficulty of the questions involved and the skill requisite properly to conduct...
Page 82 - State, all appropriate measures, in particular to a collect, preserve and exchange information about the situation of the child and the prospective adoptive parents, so far as is necessary to complete the adoption; b facilitate, follow and expedite proceedings with a view to obtaining the adoption; c promote the development of adoption counselling and post-adoption services in their States; d...
Page 73 - Convinced of the necessity to take measures to ensure that intercountry adoptions are made in the best interests of the child and with respect for his or her fundamental rights, and to prevent the abduction, the sale of, or traffic in children.
Page 5 - Mr. Chairman, this concludes my statement. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Subcommittee.
Page 59 - State of origin a have established that the child is adoptable; b have determined, after possibilities for placement of the child within the State of origin have been given due consideration...
Page 54 - ... competent authorities of a Contracting State shall ensure that information held by them concerning the child's origin, in particular information concerning the identity of his or her parents, as well as the medical history, is preserved. 2 They shall ensure that the child or his or her representative has access to such information, under appropriate guidance, in so far as is permitted by the law of that State.
Page 52 - Recognizing that intercountry adoption may offer the advantage of a permanent family to a child for whom a suitable family cannot be found in his or her State of origin.
Page 60 - Section 103 (dX1) of IACIA establish a case registry on "all adoptions involving immigration into the United States, regardless of whether the adoption occurs under the Convention". This section implies that data on any adoption involving immigration, including those of any person who is immigrating to the US with adopted children, will be included. The registry is presumably intended to cover just...
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