Ukraine Adoption

One more update

The Ukraine government has also decided to limit the number of adopting families every year, by country.

The US Embassy says Ukraine has decided that 558 dossier submissions have been allocated to parents from the U.S. for calendar year 2007. The U.S. remains on top of the list of foreign countries adopting from Ukraine, followed by Italy (494 dossiers) and Spain (380 dossiers). But when we adopted in 2005, there were more than 800 adoptions from the U.S.

And, the US Embassy has just sent notice to clarify the new bill in the Ukraine Parliament that awaits the President's signature. The 45 year age maximum between the orphaned child and the parents applies to both parents. This means if the oldest parent is 55, the youngest child they can adopt is 10. SIGH.

More limits, more people will bail out, more orphans without a future.