My husband and I adopted our daughter "domestically" (within the United States) in August 1996. We started working with our agency in April of that year and became parents on 8/22/96 when she was 2 days young. Our daughter's birthmother *has never* suggested that she wanted to reclaim her (and she cannot because a finalized adoption is legally binding on all parties, at least in the U.S.)-- in fact, if anything, birthmom has been *too distant* for our taste (we thought we were getting into an open adoption, but basically it's only been open on our end, with the result that our daughter knows only what we are able to tell her, which isn't nearly enough. Perceval, I know you're in Scotland so of course adoption laws etc will be different. But please know that adoption is not always a nightmare - in fact, the ones you see on TV are the really bad cases. Most adoptions are nothing like that. BTW my daughter will be 7 in less than a month and has already heard HP books 1-4 twice and is now listening to me reading OotP.
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Adoption
Date: 2003-07-15 08:40 am (UTC)Perceval, I know you're in Scotland so of course adoption laws etc will be different. But please know that adoption is not always a nightmare - in fact, the ones you see on TV are the really bad cases. Most adoptions are nothing like that. BTW my daughter will be 7 in less than a month and has already heard HP books 1-4 twice and is now listening to me reading OotP.