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Foreign Adoption in the Philippines: Issues and Opportunities

NCJ Number
115972
Journal
Child Welfare Volume: 68 Issue: 2 Dated: (March/April 1989) Pages: 241-254
Author(s)
L G Balanon
Date Published
1989
Length
14 pages
Annotation
Adoption in the Philippines is regarded as one of the best means to restore the family life of deprived children.
Abstract
Adoptions most commonly occur within the extended family; the concept of foreign, unrelated adoption is of relatively recent origin and still evolving. 10 references. (Author abstract)

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