What types of laws do you think there should be on INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION?

Question

i am starting a research paper on international adoption and need a good, specific topic for a thesis on international adoption, i know people who adopted 2 kids and had been in the "process" for 3 1/2 YEARS!!! why does it take so long, when they "say" it'll be a year at most.? what types of things could be done to change this? can the government do anything about it?

Answer 1

I worked at an adoption agency for many years. It is not the U.S. government that stands in the way of International adoptions, but the governments of countries where adoptions take place.

Some governments are not very stable and change their rules and even stop some adoptions -  even those already in progress.

Answer 2

Laws on International Adoption:

Should all be regulated to be the same every where not just some countries that are all ready regulated..

Here is a link to several sites that have information:

http://www.ask.com/web?qsrc=167&o=0&l=di...

And there should be a set time limit not just one year here, two there, and only 7 months over there..

THAT is just my thoughts!!

Answer 3

I would want to make sure that these kids are legally free to be adopted.  That they are truly orphans.  

We adopted three children from Korea where they have a stable adoption process something that we had wanted.  Some countries aren't so stable so their adoption process takes longer.

Answer 4

As someone who has adopted internationally twice, and also has had one adoption fall through due to changing rules in a particular country, I have to say - things change in international adoption.

Governments change regulations, governments change personnel, governments reorganize the political departments that regulate adoptions, domestic adoption within the country picks up, so many things happen!

This is normal and has to  be part of the process. No country HAS to allow international adoption. No one is owed a child. No one is entitled to a child, just because they have been approved by a U.S. agency and the U.S. government.

Yes, it's somewhat uncertain. But there are uncertainties in all kinds of adoption - if you adopt in the U.S. through a private agency, it may be some time before you are selected by a birthparent. If you adopt in the U.S. through an attorney, the birthparent may change her mind at the very last minute, even after the birth, or a relative may suddenly decide to parent the child. If you adopt in the U.S. through a public agency, the child may suddenly be reunited with the birthfamily, or the agency may change their mind about your suitability  to parent this particular child, or there may be another family they would rather place the child with.

Now, I'm NOT saying that ANY of these are bad outcomes for the child. They may actually be GOOD outcomes for the child. But they are hard on adoptive parents.

I still preferred the adoption program I chose - for me it was and uncertainty that was easier to deal with. I have been very happy with the path I took to parenthood. But it's not for everyone. Some people prefer to adopt in the U.S. and that's okay.

Answer 5

I think the laws should be in place to protect the rights of the CHILD.   I do wish folks would stop whining about how long it takes to get their 'product'  It's just sickening

I think the types of laws required are those recommened by the United Nations and Unicef and the rights of the child should be paramount.

But hey, as if the kids mattered eh?  /sarcasm

Answer 6

laws? child rights laws and the ethics involved in the treatment of the children are the area I would focus on. Ethics of removing a child from his/her native country, language, and culture and bringing him/her here. Many adoptees are very conflicted with their reasons for being adopted, lack of reform to prevent future adoptions and working to improve their native countries themselves. Like Korea, China, Guatemala, Africa, India just to name a few....