Past Divorce a problem for Poland?

Eldi

June 15, 2011

I've just found on a website that "Parents who have been divorced in the past will not be allowed to adopt from Poland".

My husband and I are in our 40s and have been married for many years. We have two bio children together. Both of us were married in our twenties for short periods of time - no kids, no hard feelings, and no lasting impacts occurred in either of our divorces.

We are really hoping to adopt from Poland!

Does this "blip on the radar of life" really mean Poland will reject us? Could our Polish heritage cancel out the concerns of divorce? ;)

Thanks for any wisdom on this.

Poodle

June 16, 2011

I found one website that said there was no specific restrictions with divorce and one from an adoption agency that said it was. I would ask the adoption agency you want to work with.

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Eldi

June 17, 2011

Thank you, Poodle! I'll definitely do that.

yankeegal25

June 17, 2011

My husband is divorced and we had no problems adopting our 2 year old son last spring.

While this shouldn't be a problem, it was brought up when we went to court for the final adoption hearing.

RL731

June 22, 2011

I was married before and divorced and my husband and I had no problem adopting our daughter last year.

sak9645

June 23, 2011

The U.S. State Department does not list previous divorces as a legal barrier to adoption from Poland on its adoption website. However, an agency may find that judges or other officials in a particular area may not be open to prospective parents who have been divorced. Remember that Poland is a strongly Catholic country, and that some officials may not look favorably on a Catholic person who has been divorced, since the Catholic church officially opposes divorce. Talk to agencies and see what their recent experience has been with divorced persons. You may well find some that have had success in placing children with stable couples who have had previous divorces.

Sharon