Question about Adoptions-

[Oscar]

I am wondering if a few of you guys who have married a woman with a child in the FSU (Ukraine especially) could tell me your experiences concerning adopting the child..  How difficult was it, how long does it typically take etc.,
I know this is a way down the road for me but I am curious and do have to start thinking about it as my girl does have a 6 year old..

Thanks

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Question about Adoptions-, posted by Oscar on Jun 19, 2002


First and foremost, the father will have to terminate his parental rights.

Is he willing to do that?

[Oscar]

... in response to Re: Question about Adoptions-, posted by MarkInTx on Jun 19, 2002

Mark, yep, he is..  He rarely see's the boy and the boy couldn't understand why he didn't have a "good" dad..

just starting to find out what all might be involved and timelines etc..

Hey, was my content list helpful at all??

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Re: Re: Question about Adoptions-, posted by Oscar on Jun 20, 2002

Yes, very helpful.

I am still waiting for Victoria's ADIT photo and papers, then I will be sending mine off...

[Oscar]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Question about Adoptions-, posted by MarkInTx on Jun 20, 2002

So are you sending off the whole thing or without the police report and I-129F etc?

[Stevo]

... in response to Question about Adoptions-, posted by Oscar on Jun 19, 2002

Planning to in the near future...just started reading up on state laws concerning the requirements.  If you do a search on adoption, you'll find links to every state and what their requirements are.

In case you didn't know, once the adoption is finalized, your child will automatically become a US citizen and be entitled to a US passport, even though Mom has not yet become a citizen.  This will protect your child from deportation if he/she were to get arrested for any reason.  

There was a well publicized case recently of a 19 year old college student who was arrested for some drug-related activity and was being deported to South Korea.  This kid was not a citizen because his parents never bothered to become citizens (he had been in this country since he was 6 months old).  The kid couldn't even speak Korean, but they were sending him back and he could never return to this country.  What a kick in the pants.

While the INS might not be able to deport a permanent resident wife of a US citizen without great difficulty, it appears that her child, not being any legal relation to you unless you adopt, may not have any protection whatsoever.

Stevo