Will his criminal record hold me back

Hi love, In my state any felony conviction in the last 5 years will automatically exclude you from adoption. In order for you to be able to adopt. You are going to need a homestdy. Call adoption agencies and ask them questions about your concerns with your boyfriends convictions. Its a long process to adopt so I would start with researching a homestudy. Take care

This is one of those situations that you are judged by the company that you keep. His involvement in your life will effect your ability to adopt. In type of situation you need to weight what is more important to you at this time in your life. Best wishes

Adoption has some very serious things you need to ask yourself and educate yourself about. "Being a cool experience," as you put it, is not a great reason to adopt a child, neither is the fact that your sister is about to give birth to your parents' first grandchild. I would advise you to research adoption carefully and thoroughly. Read books, visit online forums like this one, and also online blogs written by all three sides of the triad: adoptive parents, adoptees, and birth/first parents. Talk to some agencies and ask what their requirements are. I highly doubt you'll be approved if you stay involved with your current boyfriend. Serving state prison time is a very, very serious issue.

I know adoption is a serious commitment. I'm not adopting a child just because it will be cool experience or because my sister is having a child. Adoption is something I always wanted to do. I want to help a child by providing a home for them and put a smile on their face. I want to start a family. I'm still researching adoption. I know there's so much to learn. I'm going to look into it more.

Loveisforever,The adoption industry tries to propagate the myth that there are a lot of babies and young children in need of homes. The truth is that the demand for babies and young children far exceeds the supply.The children most in need of homes are foster children. Think about this: many foster children come from troubled families, which can include having a parent in prison. If we need to be adopted, we adoptees want to be adopted into families with very stable home situations. Ideally, a child from foster care does not want to be adopted into a situation similar to his or her own biological family. It defeats the purpose of the adoption. So, yes, your boyfriend will undoubtedly send up red flags.... Does this mean that you would be a bad mother? No. But, agencies need to first and foremost attempt to do what is in the best interest of the child, and they can never know everything about a potential home situation, so when they see that a boyfriend has just gotten out of prison, it will have an effect on their decision. All children need stability. But, since adopted children have already lost one family (and may have been moved from foster family to foster family), they really need stability. A just out of prison boyfriend doesn't indicate stability.Again, this does not mean that you wouldn't be a good mom. But, they look at everyone who will be in contact with the child, not just you.

The robbery thing is huge, even if he used a gun or not. He sounds very questionable. If I was a mom looking to place a child, this would make me go to a different match. Also if you choose to adopt through foster care, his history sounds pretty bad, maybe worse then some of the bio's . I'm not sure they would pass you, he sounds like a major threat to me. So yes his record will hold you back.