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Hi,
My husband and I would like to adopt from Romania. However, we have only been married for one year. It is my understanding that Romania requires 3 yrs of marriage. Is there anyway to circumvent this rule...are there any exceptions? Perhaps for a child they are having trouble placing? We found a little boy there, 3 years old, available for adoption...this is our only hold up.
Thanks!
Kelley
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Romania does NOT currently require an 18-month visit to adopt. This was/is a provision in the proposed adoption laws but those laws have not yet been approved by Parliment. There is currently much debate on whether the 18-month rule will virtually kill international adoptions as most adoptive parents cannot possibly remain in Romania for that period of time.
For more on this issue visit the following site:
[url]http://www.ethicanet.org/itemlist.asp?pagestyle=itemlist[/url]
That site has an English translation of the proposed law as well as a response to this specific issue. Look on the Romanian page.
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Thanks for the link to the info, Landtuna. My wife and I just got back from a trip to Romania. While we were there we had the opportunity to visit a hospital that has over 1,000 abandoned babies left there each year. I hope they change the laws soon... we want to take one or two home with us.
Caleb
22 May 2003 15:55:23 GMT
Romania says it can't lift foreign adoption ban
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By Radu Marinas
Under planned new legislation, foreign adoptions would only be allowed as a last resort if no Romanians could be found to adopt a child. Fees will be scrapped, prospective foreign parents obliged to live in Romania for 18 months and private agencies barred from the process.
Hi there everyone ;) I just joined up. I was wondering if there is any place to go where I can find out the honest, factual truth about the moratorium. It makes my heart break that it has not been lifted yet! In many ways it makes me angry, but I only hope for the best. I just returned from living in Romania for four months. It was part of an international volunteer service program through my university. I worked (volunteered) in a local orphanage and children's hospital. It was the most incredible experience of my entire life. The children there became my children. I love them deeper than I ever thought possible. They are all so beautiful and bright. Goodness, I could go on for days just talking about my amazing children, but I will spare you ;) I am, though, very disheartened at the fact that the lifting of the moratorium has been constantly delayed and pushed back. Does anyone know if it is to be lifted anytime soon?? I am unmarried (I am only 19) so I am, sadly, not quite eligible yet to adopt. I do, however, plan to return to Romania and work with more children and, AS SOON AS I CAN, adopt.
Thank you all for your help and insight! Multumesc foarte mult.
Sincerely,
Kait
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Hi there!
"Multumesc foarte mult" means thank you very much.
So he is trying to learn Romanian?
Here is one for him: Ma cheama Kait. (My name is Kait)
(Mah keeyama) some sound help ;)
The Romanian language was really hard for me to learn, but what a colorful and expressive language! I was able to comprehend and speak enough of it to get around the city on my own and hold my own at the orphanage, but I am by no means fluent ;) Maybe one day I will be ;)
He wrote down your phrases and will probably have them down by this afternoon. So far he's got good morning, good night, good day, good evening, and the days of the week. My younger son from Romania listens to the language tapes pretty often. He's learned the same words the older one knows.
Thanks.
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He's hoping to go back and see Romania when he's older. Which orphanage were you in? What town? D talks about the younger kid orphange near Arad that he was in until he turned 5 and then another one close to there for older kids. S was in an orphange more toward the middle of the country(I have it written down, but I can't think of it right now). D wants to know what the country is like. I'm adopting him here, (his original adoptive parents couldn't handle him)so I've never seen the country.
I have heard of Arad. I lived in Iasi. Iasi is all the way in the north of the country, right near the border of the Republic of Moldova. I worked in Section one, 'Sfanta Parascheva', in the city. The orphanage had way over 200 abandoned children. Was your one son perhaps from Brasov? Brasov is in the middle of the country, more in the mountainous area. Very beautiful countryside. I think it would be wonderful for your son to be able to travel to Romania one day. It is a struggling country due to the rise and fall of communism, but the people are strong and they work so hard. I was so humbled by all of the people I became close with. They were all so kind and giving. My heart is truly still in Iasi, with my children. Well goodness, I apologize for getting sentimental. Thank you for writing me. I appreciate the opportunity to share stories. Thank you again.
-K
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Kranzgirl,
To my knowledge the new Romanian law package is still in discussion/debate in parliment. There are apparently some adoptions moving forward at present but I cannot tell you how many or of what type. The moritorium is still in effect and at present does not have an expiration date.
Sorry I couldn't provide happier news.
John