American Joint Committee for Assisting Japanese-American Orphans
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American Joint Committee for Assisting Japanese-American Orphans is an American private agency responsible for intracountry adoption
s of Japanese-American children after World War II
. See also Sweden v. Yamaguchi
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents...
s of Japanese-American children after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. See also Sweden v. Yamaguchi
Sweden v. Yamaguchi
Sweden v. Yamaguchi, otherwise known as in the matter of Marianne Wilson, or in the matter of Mary Ann Vaughn, is a highly complex decision in international family law which touches on questions in law still unresolved over fifty years later. The formal name of the action was Israel Karl-Gustav...