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| Question 1 |
I want to adopt a girl child, can you PLZ contact or give me the contact details. |
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| Answer 1 |
Please contact your nearest Adoption Agency, they will help you to Adopt. You can find the name of your nearest Adoption Agency on our website. If you are unable to find the same, please provide us your location and we will find the same for you.
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| Question 2 |
Can we adopt an unborn baby from hospital directly under the consent of biological mother and hospital doctor in India?
Can biological mother only can give her unborn baby for adoption without consent of her husband
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| Answer 2 |
Its illegal to do such a activity and will put you in a legal risk.
I suggest you contact nearest Adoption agency to help you adopt legally in proper way as allowed by Law.
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| Question 3 |
Hi…we have a sweet little baby girl just 2 days old. Due to some personal reasons we want to give the baby up for adoption and we are looking for a real decent family for her.. |
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You cannot relinquish your rights of your child directly to a family.
Please contact nearest Adoption Agency to the place where you reside. They will help you. The list of adoption agencies is available on our website.
Thanks
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| Question 4 |
Hi can u please tell me the adoption process I have already spoken 2 my lawyers… I am 23 years old I am working as well studying... at present I just earn 11-13k per month…And also I am IT Engineer looking out for some good company job where I can get better salary.. I want to adopt a baby girl age between 0-1 year what can I do and procedure I am very much keen to know about it... my family members knows about it... some saying it take around 1 year for the adoption process to go.... is it correct or wrong. Can u please tell me??? |
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Hi,
Itls nice to know that you are interested in Adoption at a early age.
Although you cannot start Adoption procedures as a single person till you have attained a age of 30 years.
You also need stable income, job to start the process by the time you reach the age.
It does take time to Adopt, but it should not be a de-motivating factor.
Good luck,
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| Question 5 |
we are well settled Brahmin couples we are child less we are interested in adopting a baby girl of below three years we want a hale healthy fair beautiful Brahmin girl of good parentage
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I doubt anybody can help you adopt a child of any particular cast. Is cast so important? Is there any definition of good parentage? You want to adopt a human life and I guess that is all what is important. Adoption simply means making somebody yours who is not yours. I suggest that you adopt from licensed Adoption Agency.
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| Question 6 |
Hello All,
Happy to be in this forum. I am 28 yrs old, spinster. I would like to adapt a 2-3 months old baby. My parents are also supporting me. Please guide me whether I can adapt a child or not? Or when can I adapt a child?
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| Answer 6 |
We request you to visit your nearest Adoption Agency, so that they can talk to you in detail about your Adoption plan and guide you accordingly. They will access your emotional, physical and financial preparation.
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| Question 7 |
Hi all,
I need your help urgently.
My sister -in -law is planning to for adoption from India, Mumbai.
We all are working in Dubai, yesterday my sister -in- law called my husband and told him that he need to make a letter stating that incase his sister and husband expires, we will take care of adopted child, and to get this letter attested from the Indian consulate.
My husband has one elder brother also. But she said the rule is any brother or sister of only the adopting lady who is less than 40 years old is allowed to be a guardian for the baby.
What I want to know, is there any rule that this letter is required and if so should it be attested by the Indian consulate.
Secondly cannot this be done by my sister- in laws -husband's family members? Like his sister or brother.
Is it necessary that it should be done by the girl’s family only?
Where can I get this information from? Is there any web site which will help me in this matter?
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| Answer 7 |
The document is required, but it is not necessary whose side of the family gives it. It can be from the girl’s side or boys side, it’s not important. What is important is that who does the Adoptive couple think and believe that will stand with this adopted child in times of such crisis.
I would also advise that if you are not comfortable in giving this document, please do not give it as the purpose may not fulfilled as I can read that you have certain reservations.
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| Question 8 |
I want to adopt a boy child who is just 9 months to 1 year old, but the problem is I am unmarried and I don not want to get married, so is it possible to adopt a child.
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Single parents do adopt, please visit your nearest Adoption Agency to get details and begin with the process
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| Question 9 |
Hello,
my husband and I are foreigners living in India. We are in the process of adopting a baby through a US agency. Because we live in India we need to have a home study update. We completed and passed our original home study in the US. Can anyone give me a contact of a social worker qualified to do the home study in India, we live in Delhi.
Thanks!
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Please contact the American Consulate in New Delhi. They do keep names & address of qualified social workers who are American Citizens currently living in India. That might help.
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| Question 10 |
I am in India and the child is a boy 8 years old. The child is very brilliant and sensitive kid. The thing is that my brother’s wife conceived and wanted to undergo abortion at that stage my wife requested if she could give us the child since they already have 2 kids one boy and a girl. After discussion with elders parents of mine/wife parents/ and brothers wife’s parents they agreed for the pregnancy to continue on a condition that we take from day one all nine months my wife took care of her and the day the boy was given to us. All medical expenses were taken care of by us. On 7th day of birth a legal adoption was done as per Indian laws. From his birth and till date the child is with us. The child does not know about his adoption and we would like to tell the fact to him in a nice manner not to hurt him how and when should we do this. I am now based at Mozambique and wife and kid in India. They will be with me for a vacation for 2 months kindly guide if possible.
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| Answer 10 |
You have adopted within family. This is also known as Dattak.
It's difficult to answer your query in detail as telling a child about the facts of adoption is a process. I can only suggest that tell your child first what is the meaning of adoption and then in few weeks about the facts. You should take help of one to one counseling for u and your wife in this…Do not take your child to the counselor…
Good luck
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| Question 11 |
Dear Sunil, I am Research Scientist in field of Agricultural Science in Tasmania (Australia).Basically I am Indian and have moved to Australia in Feb 2007. I am in procedure to get my Permanent Residency. Meanwhile I am keen to adopt a baby girl in between (1-8 months)of age. I am Jain (Hindu) by caste and biological fit to conceive, but it is my dire wish to adopt a kid and make my family a complete family. My annual income is $ 60,000 and at the moment I am not planning to invest in property or purchase a home. As I am in Australia now, and this is my first adoption procedure I would be thankful if you can guide me through the whole procedure. Make sure that I am single and I have no dependants to take care of except my mother back in India. Please let me know the time to do the paperwork as I need to take leave from January over here and come down to India to pick my princess!! Many thanks, Cheers, Ashu.
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| Answer 11 |
Dear Ashu,
You will have to be a citizen of Australia to apply for Adoption.
You will get much more information from Central Authority on Adoption which is in Australia.
Other parameters look fine, in terms of your education, income and single status.
Good luck,
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| Question 12 |
I living in UAE I am married past 5 years and I am Indian I want to adopt a baby please help
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Approach this lady, she is authorised to help families from UAE to Adopt from India.
Omana Menon
4, al Ghurair, Vila,
P.O. Box no. 4115
Sharjah
Dubai (UAE)
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| Question 13 |
Myself, Jitender Singh and my wife, Manmeet Kaur are from Jakarta, Indonesia. We
have been married for almost 9 years and till now have not been successful in having a biological child. So we have decided to adopt a child from India of our preference. I am 35 years of age and my wife 33 years of age. We both are having
Indonesian citizenship. I have been holding this citizenship since birth whereas my wife is from Delhi and she has been holding the Indonesia citizenship after we got married.
Kindly guide us on this adoption procedure before we both visit India for further procedures.
Thank you.
Regards,
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| Answer 13 |
Unfortunately, there is no agency in Indonesia which does Adoptions from India.
I suggest that you contact your local Child Department or Social Department with this request.
They will guide you to do paperwork for being eligible to Adopt from India.
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| Question 14 |
Hello, We have met up with a pregnant lady (mother of 2 sons) who wants to give up her unborn 3rd kid for adoption, she is financially weak and also has a history repetitive abortions. What process should we follow for adoption; right now she does not want any financial help. Kindly advice. Regards.
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We only promote safe and legal adoption. The lady if she does not want the child should approach an adoption agency to understand process she can follow.
You should independently approach another agency to adopt as per legal process. Any money exchange will defeat the adoption purpose and would become
child trafficking.
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| Question 15 |
Hi, I am married since 13 years but don't have kids try to adopt the kids. Can u help out in these? Regards, XYZ
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| Answer 15 |
Mumbai has 13 approved organisations for adoption, please approach the nearest to your home. The addresses of all of them are on our website.
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| Question 16 |
Hi Sunil. I was going through the process with a completely legal agency - through government run shishu graha. In fact they get the kids that are just born. They advertise in the papers for a month and then the kid is given to us for foster care only after we have applied in the court for adoption. Is there something illegal in this process or something we need to know that the state run agency is hiding from us?
Kindly let me know. Regards.
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| Answer 16 |
Please give name of agency and your ages
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| Question 17 |
Hi! I am keen to adopt a baby girl. I have been trying for almost 10 months now for the adoption. went through the entire process; however twice the infant (both the times it was of 5 to 6 weeks) that was handed over to us was so critically ill, that doctors advised us against the adoption. I am now thinking whether it is right to go for such infant kids? Is it okay to go for adopting a 9 to 10 months old child?
Regards,
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It is an individual's decision on acceptance of the age of the child, but I wonder if you are adopting from a licensed agency as a 5 week child cannot be legally free for adoption.
As the age of the child grows, it is easier to understand the growth of the child
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| Question 18 |
Me and my husband are in IT and have a son of 1.2 yrs. We wish to adopt a girl child in due course of time. I was going through the net for the procedures and mainly the total cost that I will have to bear for the complete procedure. But I did not get any such breakup. Can you provide me the total cost for adopting a girl child at Kolkata? For your information currently we are based in Mumbai and may soon change our base to Kolkata. Please help me with this knowledge so that I can try to accumulate the money to fulfill this dream of mine.
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The cost the agency charges you includes maintenance costs, medical costs, testing, doctors fees etc spent on the child you adopt.
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| Question 19 |
Hello, My husband and I are currently living in London and both hold Indian Passports. We want to adopt a child from India. We are planning to move back to India within 1 year, but do not want to wait to be in India before starting the process. Do we have to go through the process as an NRI or can we start the process for within India adoption. Also if we decide to move back to Karnataka (have a home address there), can we have the flexibility to adopt a child from an agency in Delhi. Thanks.
Regards,
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You cannot start the process for a local adoption being in UK.
To qualify to adopt locally within India, you should be settled here.
You can adopt from Delhi if you are living for work in that city, although your permanent address will be Karnataka. You may have to follow additional procedures though.
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| Question 20 |
Sunil, I am single age 32 working female, I really wanted to give my love and affection to baby girl whom I adopt. Could you please help me or guide me how to go ahead. Also can you tell the adoptive agencies to contact me? Thank you so much.
Regards,
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Please contact the nearest Adoption Agency to the area where you live.
You can also contact the Adoption Coordinating Agency of your state to help you.
They will guide you through the process, documentation and laws
We do not contact Adoption Agencies,
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| Question 21 |
Dear Mr. Arora I am a 29 year old single girl with a permanent job and house here in UK. I am looking to adopt a baby girl and would appreciate if I could be guided as to how I can start the process. Where do I need to register and what do I need to do and how long would it take from beginning to end? I know these are too many questions but if you could help me to get in touch with any agency who can guide me through the process I would be more than grateful. Thanks, Monica.
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As you live in UK, please contact Department For Children, Schools And Families (Dc) (Central Authority For England) Ground Floor,
Area D, Mowden Hall, Staindrop Road,
Darlington Dl3 9bg, UK.
They will guide you through the process
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| Question 22 |
We are married in 1998 and our son is 10 yrs old. We would like to adopt a baby. ACA is telling it will take yrs and we will not be given preference since we have a biological son and his age is 10 which will also be a drawback. please advice how do we get a baby soon.
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I suggest that you register and start the process. Once you register, you will get the child if all other parameters as per law is in place. There is no law that parents who have children get second preference.
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| Question 23 |
I want to know if we can adopt my sister’s kids from India. They are unable to bring them up due to various problems and we want to know how we go about doing this as early as possible. Thank you.
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Whether someone can adopt its relative's children living in India differs from country to country.
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