Legal Question in Family Law in New York
International adoptions
What are the procedures on international adoptions?
Asked on 4/09/01, 6:37 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: International adoptions
They are remarkably similar to domestic
proceedings. The New York Courts will treat
the adoption entirely as a domestic one,
with petitions, reviews and reports.
The foreign country will do likewise, with
the placement agency handling the entire
foreign placement, which requires your
physical presence in the foreign country,
and will deliver all documents from the
foreign country to the attorney in New
York for processing in conjunction with
the adoption petition in New York. The
foreign proceedings go first.
Answered on 6/12/01, 7:50 am