Summary: | This research was intended to identify implementation of child adoption in
Yayasan Sayap Ibu, Yogyakarta branch and to identify handed-over child between
Indonesia citizen in Yayasan Sayap Ibu as well as legal sanction that should be given
for foster parent that do not inform to their foster child on his/her origin and
biological parent.
It its juridical normative research completed with field research. Data used in
this research is secondary data and primary data. Secondary data was obtained
through library research with documentary study by tracing primary, secondary, and
tertiary law material. Primary data is obtained from interview with judge in Sleman
District Court, staff in Child adoption and Child Protection Department of Social
Service in Yogyakarta, Head of Civil record registration department of Demography
and Civil record Service in Sleman and head of Yayasan Sayap Ibu. Data was
analyzed qualitatively. The research was located in House I of Yayasan Sayap Ibu
located in Jalan Rajawali 3, Pringwulung, Condongcatur, Depok Sleman.
The result indicated that child adoption according to adat law and existing
laws is
1. Eighty percent of child in Yayasan Sayap Ibu are found whose origin, identity
and parent is not known, so their religion is not known too. In addition, child
adoption according to laws was done through some steps.
2. Sanction on child adoption according to adat law in Yayasan Sayap Ibu is
difficult to do because in Javanese adat there is no rule regulating the sanction
firmly. Most people consider that the action is not violation, and most of handedover
child has no known origin and biological parent. Meanwhile, according to
existing laws, sanction is difficult to do because most handed-over child has no
identified origin and biological parent. It makes Yayasan Sayap Ibu and foster
parent do not know identity of their biological parent.
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