Couple gives adopted child back to orphanage

Couple gives adopted child back to orphanage
12:00AM Monday August 08, 2005

Two years after proudly telling friends they'd adopted a newborn baby in Indonesia, an Irishman and his Azerbaijani wife decided things weren't working out.

The adoptive father, Joseph Dowse, drove to an orphanage on the outskirts of Jakarta with his son and left him there with a box of clothes and toys....

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Ahern welcomes court ruling on Tristan

Ahern welcomes court ruling on Tristan
23 February 2006
RTÉ News

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Adoption Ireland have welcomed today's High Court ruling regarding the future well-being of Tristan Dowse, the four-year-old boy returned to an orphanage in Indonesia by his adoptive parents. Mr Justice John McMenamin ruled that Joe Dowse from Co Wicklow and his Azerbaijani wife, Lala, had breached their constitutional duties and must support Tristan until he is 18. Minister Dermot Ahern described the ruling as realistic and said his department would maintain contact with the Indonesian authorities toensure all is well with Tristan.

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Couple told to support boy they adopted...

Fri 02 Feb 2006

Couple told to support boy they adopted in Indonesia
The Irish-Azerbaijani couple who adopted a two-month-old Indonesian boy in 2001, and two years later handed him over to an orphanage, have been ordered by the High Court in Dublin to support him until he reaches 18. Carol Coulter, Legal Affairs Correspondent, reports.The case of Tristan Dowse caused major public concern after it emerged that he had been left in an orphanage in Indonesia when his adoptive parents decided the adoption was not working out in 2003. He was a few weeks short of his second birthday at the time....

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2006/0224/1140626815889.html