All-Ukrainian forum of adoptive parents

Yesterday on the All-Ukrainian forum of adoptive parents the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko summed up the results of Adoption Year in Ukraine and rewarded some officials and adopters.

Ukrainians wishing to adopt a child have to stand in a queue. To date there about 1000 families in this line. Although most families want to adopt children under 5 years old. But not many of them want to become parents for older children.

Actually it is not much easier to adopt for Ukrainians than for foreign adopters. Ukrainians also have to pay bribes for adoption. The only advantage of Ukrainians is the possibility to adopt children at the age of 2 months. Also it is easier for Ukrainians to defend their rights applying to law machinery or court. But not so many Ukrainians are legally competent. The foreigners have by the adoption almost the same scope of rights as Ukrainians, but it is much more expensive for them to defend their rights of adoptive families, because it requires a long stay in Ukraine.

Would it be more complicated to adopt from Ukraine next year? There is no saying.
There are two factors that won’t be favorable for national adoptions: first, there won’t be governmental popularization of national adoption next year, and secondly, the rapid worsening of economical situation in Ukraine may change priorities of many potential Ukrainian adoptive families.

If you are going to start your adoption procedure, don’t hesitate – file the documents.