Legal Question in Family Law in New York

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.