A new head has been appointed to manage the affairs of the Adoption Board which falls under the purview of the Ministry of Social Protection.
This announcement was made by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, during the most recent hosting of Port Cabinet press briefing.
James Bond.
According to Harmon, the new board of directors consists of Bond, Geoffrey Sankies, Kashir Khan, Clonel Samuels-Boston, Punilall Latchman, Patricia Gray and a representative from the parliamentary opposition. The new board of directors is expected to function for a period of one year.
The Board will be expected to process monthly reviews of 12 to 16 adoption applications. It also has to ensure that a child is not yet, and will not reach his or her 18th birthday during the process, which takes about seven months. According to the law, an 18- year- old cannot be adopted.
Persons whose applications to adopt are rejected are usually allowed to appeal. This is because in many cases additional/new information surfaces, which was not available before, or because there might have been a misunderstanding of the process.