International adoption disruption?

Question

I just have a question what happens if the entire reason for an international adoption's disruption is that they want to return to their birth country.

Can they go back?

Answer 1

adoption disruption is when an adoption stops and discontinues towards finalization due to situations out of the control of the adoptive family (could be serious illness, death, sudden loss of income/job or other tragedy that would make it impossible for them to parent) or on the behalf of the adoptee in question where it would be stopped due to a contesting of the adoption by biological family members or where it would be determined that the adoption is not in the best interest of the child for some reason.

If an adoptee from an international adoption wishes to return to visit their homeland, YES they can return to visit without problems. Many adoptive families who adopt internationally due what they call "Homeland visits" when the child is school age.  They can be very powerful connection opportunities for an adoptee to learn about their cultural heritage and identity before returning home with their adoptive families.

If you're asking about why a country would stop adoptions, no they can't "reclaim kids" that were officially out of the country and finalized. International adoption has to be finalized in the country of the child's birth AND in the state of residence that the adoptive family resides when they return to the US. They don't "recall" kids.  Sometimes countries will stop adoptions out of the country for many reasons. It is a risk that families take in adopting internationally because there are not only the laws in the US and the state of residence but also a totally different government and legal structure.  One example was a few years ago China stopped all adoptions due to the SARS outbreak. Once it was under control without risk they adoptions were allowed to continue.

Answer 2

no, the adoptee has no say.  Last year over 100 international adoptees were considered too hard to handle and were put into the US Foster care system, now, they have no one, not their country, not their language, not their friends at the orphanage, nobody, they're in a foreign land, foreign everything, stuck in the system.

its not right.

Answer 3

Interesting question!  I've not yet heard of a case like that.  In my experience the phrase "adoption disruption" is used to mean disruption by the adoptive parent.

Can they go back?  What would they go back to?  I look forward to seeing what answers you get to this one.