DSWD seeks to hasten child adoption process

• Source: http://panaynewsphilippines.com/2015/11/07/dswd-seeks-to-hasten-child-adoption-process/
• Saturday, November 7, 2015

By John Sacramento (DSWD/PN)

ILOILO city – Judges of family courts and officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 recently gathered to hasten the adoption cases.

“We seek to map out the best practices in adoption. We should be able to shorten the process of adoption without sacrificing the law,” said Regional Director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre during the focus group discussion titled, “Adoption with Family Court Judges at Days Hotel in Iloilo City.”

The forum was attended by 19 family court judges from Regional Trial Court branches within the region and was facilitated by the Adoption Resource and Referral Section (ARRS) and training staff of DSWD.

Training specialist Josie Cambel said the forum’s goal was to articulate issues and challenges in the adoption processes and requirements, gather good practices and recommendations, as well as initiate collaboration with family court judges in the implementation of adoption laws.

Macapobre said the length of the present adoption process would take about nine months to one year. This is very lengthy already, she stressed.

DSWD is concerned of the children’s welfare, said Macapobre, and it is eager to give them families that could shelter and take care of them.