tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25502633.post2454313470793592280..comments2024-03-29T01:22:45.705-05:00Comments on Ordinary Time: Adoption 101: The Processthecurrysevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932092243753160814noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25502633.post-35782689456492924852015-03-02T09:39:33.762-06:002015-03-02T09:39:33.762-06:00In response to the question about compliance. Ther...In response to the question about compliance. There are a couple of different reasons why a family would comply with the post-placement reports, and yes, you're correct that your child is yours and no once will remove him because of this. (Please read my tone and informative if I'm sounding a bit terse.)<br /><br />1. Because the parent signs a paper agreeing to send reports.<br />2. Placement agencies require a $1000 or more deposit before the adoption is completed to ensure their submission. At the end of five years, if all your post-placement reports have been submitted, you will get a hefty chunk of change back.<br />3. If you ever want to adopt again, you had better submitted the reports on your current children.<br />4. Parents who don't comply threaten the state of adoptions from that country. Sovereign governments do not have to agree to adoption. If they feel that parents are disregarding what they have set out as being important, they don't have to continue allowing children to leave their country. <br /><br />Yes, they are a pain and for the ones requiring a social worker to write them, expensive. I was so happy when Vietnam changed their requirements and we no longer had to submit annual reports to the age of 18. But it is part of the deal and you accept it along with all the other bothersome paperwork... because you love your child.<br /><br />ethecurrysevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932092243753160814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25502633.post-3842386623779184112015-02-28T23:24:56.682-06:002015-02-28T23:24:56.682-06:00Very informative! I'm curious about what happe...Very informative! I'm curious about what happens if you don't complete the post-placement reports, they can't very well take back your child, can they? Say you moved to a different state, is there an agency that would even go to the effort to track you down?Csmithfamily09https://www.blogger.com/profile/16822399968326908287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25502633.post-31248245696256409822015-02-28T12:39:50.159-06:002015-02-28T12:39:50.159-06:00I'm so grateful for this post! Thank you! We...I'm so grateful for this post! Thank you! We just started looking into adopting.Tanyanoreply@blogger.com