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Originally Posted By NancyMy husband is Filipino and I'm American. My husband would like to adopt one of his sister's children since she can't afford to take care of all of her 5 children. This is a new concept for me and I'm a little nervous about how it would work. Any comments? Do you think it is damaging for the child? (she is already 5 years old)How do we relate to the mother?
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Originally Posted By LindaYou may need to check first on adoption.com'sInternational Resource Center. Under Philippines you can look up their adoption laws. A problem you may run into and should find out from the start is that the INS has strict definition of "orphan" they use before allowing immigration. Find out from them if they would give you clearance to let the child come to the states since she DOES have a living parent and is not an orphan.
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Originally Posted By maryyou dont need to worry coz most of all filipino kids is very patient and sweet that why my husband he want all to adopt my niece and nephew but the problem we dont know how to process or whose person we need to talk...so maybe you have me too...so thank you for being nice for the filipino person
In response to Sandth.
Please write a letter to the Executive Director of ICAB
Lourna Laraya, email add icaba@skyinet.net. Tell her the situation and she is going to reply. Their website is [url]www.skyinet.net/~icaba/[/url]
If the child is going to an orphanage, fine, you will still have the option of adopting the child through the non-relative adoption process. Just keep truck of the child to what orphanage is she/he going.
Im also in the process of adopting my niece and nephews. Once, Ive talked to an adoption agency, they told me that it is harder to adopt a relative to a non-relative. I will try not to believe that, what I did is to call another agency.
Good luck to us,
clarinacruz@hotmail.com
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