Central Authority/NCA Sworn In

The BOD of the new National Council on Adoptions (aka the Central Authority) were sworn in last night. We are hearing that next week, the registration process will be annnouced and possibly begin. In the newspaper story below, they are acknowledging the need to get this done for in process cases.

http://www.elperiodico.com.gt/es/20080112/pais/47432/

Here is a translation of the story.

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Members of the National Council for Adoptions Sworn In

This body should recognize 2 thousand records.

By: Oscar F. Herrera

Last night was sworn in the National Council for Adoptions (CNA), the central authority for adoptions in the country, which seek to provide transparency and streamline the way administrative records and then move it to a judge to issue the final decision and the statement of adoptability of minors. "It's very important to give credibility to the process and comply with the noble purpose of adoption, as well as help prevent the lucrativeness with it," relates the representative of the Foreign Ministry, Anabella Morfín.

In addition to the staff member, the Council is composed of a representative of the Supreme Court, Nery Soto Ovalle, as owner, and Hilda Morales Trujillo as an alternate. The Social Welfare Department of the Presidency will be represented by Mynor Rabanales and Byron Alvarado, owner and alternate. Morfín indicated that lawyers will have no involvement in the processes of adoption, which is dictated by the law of the trade, with the exception that an adult is taken or that, in any case, the lawyer is the person of the adoptive family .

Already 2 thousand cases that await in the desks of the Council, to say that De Soto Ovalle, still does not have its own headquarters and at the moment will run in the 8th. Avenue and 13 Street in Zone 1, in the former facilities of Casa Alianza.

"We ought to be working because we have 30 days to expedite the files ahead and we ran 15 days. Other files are 800 to complete the Procurator-General's Office with the previous mode, "said the official.

The high commissioner of the Organization of the United Nations in Guatemala, Anders Kompass, welcomed the formation of the ANC therefore ensures that is a step they expected for several years.