Adoption dissolution?

Question

Is it possible once you are over 18 to legally have your adoption dissolved?

I was adopted from the Ukraine (though I was born in Hungary) by an American couple so I grew up in America.

It was not a good situation and I wanted to dissolve the adoption as a teenager btu they prevented me from doing so.

At 18 I renounced my American citizenship and left America.

I very much want to dissolve my adoption, I don't want my adoptive parents to be legally connected to me in any way.

Is it possible?

Thano you.

Answer 1

Anything is possible. Call an attorney.

If what they did to you was illegal than I would find out if you can have them prosecuted. It would make it easier as well as bring to light how imperfect adoption is in IA cases. Don't let them get away with abuse, if that was the case.

Have an attorney go thru adoption paperwork and find out if there was "any" fraud. It wouldn't surprise me if there was. IA is plagued with it.

Good luck. You're not the first person to disown their foreign Aps and won't be the last.

Answer 2

There is only person and the link to that person is below.  It was based on fraud.  

Answer 3

*blinks*

You would do that?

You mean, biological parents can legally reclaim ownership of the relinquished child? (Not that there would be any real point to it that the child's grown up, but out of curiousity...)

I have no idea if it's possible but I'm very surprised you asked this question.

ETA: It must have been bad if you felt you had to ask that question. I don't doubt your sincerity.

Answer 4

I think there is likely a way to do this but you need legal advice for details.  Adoptive parents can annul adoption of a minor in a process called set-aside.  But you are not a minor and you are the party who wants to break the legal tie.

You can do an adult adoption if there is one adult in your life willing to adopt you now.

You should make a will and health care declaration stating that you disavow your adoptive parents and they have no rights to participate in your life in any way.

I think you must have had a very painful experience and I am sorry.  I hope you find some way to get beyond those years and into a happier life.

Answer 5

I have actually checked into before when someone else asked a similar question elsewhere.  Outside of proving actual fraud, it is normally not possible to annul an adoption once the child reaches the age of majority.  I am aware of only one person who has successfully had his adoption annulled on the basis of fraud.

However, what some people do who no longer wish to be legally tied to their families (biological or adoptive,) is to become legally adopted by someone else.  In some cases, it is the first parents who adopt them back.  In other cases, it is people with whom the person has shared a relationship that is like a parent-child relationship.  In other cases, it is done for reasons of legal arrangements.

Most states have provisions for adult adoptions.  They are normally quite simple and inexpensive to complete.  An adult adoption will sever the legal ties with the previous family and form legal familial ties between the adopting person and the person being adopted.  

You can contact your state's local court to get information about petitioning for an adult adoption, if this is something you feel is appropriate for you.  I live in California.  For a couple hundred dollars, the parties involved petition the court by both writing statements of intent --  one to adopt and the other to be adopted.  If either or both parties are married, the spouse(s) must write statements agreeing to consent to the adoption.

Adult adoption has a long history going back to ancient times.  It has historically been used as a way to create heirs where they did not exist biologically.  It is also used to create next-of-kin situations for other matters.  But, these matters need not exist in order for an adult adoption to take place in most states.  Most states simply require intent and consent, along with the written petition and filing fees.

Answer 6

As a mother to a child that happens to be adopted I am shocked by this question.  I know this is not an answer. But I am just shocked.  speechless.

Answer 7

If it were possible, I would have done it, too.

They could have ended it, but you can't---crazy, huh?

I've toyed with having my mother adopt me back, but it's very expensive.

The thing that bothers me most is that they are your legal 'next of kin' if you are unmarried.  That means if you are in a life and death situation--they can make decisions for you.  Scary.

I am not suggesting that you get married, but do you have another relative who can adopt you?

I wish you the best of luck.

xx