Will plans to emigrate effect chances of adopting?

Question

I am British and my husband is a Kiwi. We are looking into adopting but we do have plans to emigrate to New Zealand in about 5 years time. Does anyone know if we will still be able to adopt?

thanks

Answer 1

No your moving as a parent is your choice. We moved after adoption. Not because we had these plans before. But because we were anyways not permanent , naturalised citizens of the U.S when we adopted. Just on a visa. We were not certain what are plans were although we were considering getting a grean card.With agency fully aware of our situation obviously.

But all that did not happen as my husband got a better job offer a year after we adopted. So we moved to our home country.

Answer 2

I think that it might. When assessing for adoptions, it is not just the mum and dad that are taken into account but the entire family network. But if you will have a family network in NZ then it might not be a problem.

They will also assess how such a move might upset a child who has taken on a new family.

It would probably depend on the child's background.

Answer 3

There is no law that says once you adopt you can't move. Nor is there one that says you can't move from one country to another. Once the adoption is final you should be able to live wherever you choose to. Because when it is final it is your child and no one else's.

Answer 4

I'd think that it depends if you are going to tell them.  Lets face it, you know it will happen...some day, but you don't know when.  If it takes you two or three years to adopt then once the adoption is done you can do what you want.  Once those papers are signed by the Judge it's your life, as a new family, to live as you choose.