The Fawcetts wanted to
adopt domestically, but it was a long wait--46 months before they were able to bring home their son Jake, who is now 3.
All immigrant visas for China, including
adopted child visas, are processed at the U.S.
African American children, as well as Native American children, are also
adopted at rates lower than those of other races and ethnicities.
"We have been receiving lots of calls, most of them from Bahrainis, requesting to
adopt this baby," a Bahrain Child Care Home spokesperson told the GDN.
Currently, most of the children being
adopted internationally are from China, Russia, Guatemala, and South Korea.
Mia Farrow has
adopted children from poverty-stricken countries, including Korea and Vietnam.
Mia Farrow and Meg Ryan have also
adopted children from poorer countries.
Of 25 jurisdictions that define substantial equivalency, some use definitions parallel to the UAA's while others have only partly
adopted section 3.
Well, our second foster child, who, by the time you read this, will have been legally
adopted by us on February 14--his third birthday.
Another related provision not required to be
adopted until 2008 is a definition of a "bundled transaction." This definition includes a decision tree in which a transaction is analyzed as to whether it will fit in the bundled transaction category.
I remember thinking, if that isn't my father, I don't know who is" (Kristin Chenowith, "Getting over being 'the
adopted one,'" Glamour [September 2005], 241).
At press time, there were hints that the SEC would
adopt the resolution for relief on Section 404.