How can we adopt our 5 month old baby girl?

[danfred]

Me (USA) and my Thai partner (10 years) want to legally adopt our baby. She was blessed upon us by my partner's younger brother. Both the father and mother are waiting to sign any legal papers needed to make it happen.

Has anyone done this? Do you really have to go through all the same red tape as for a foreign adoption?

As a gay couple adopting... is there anything we should be aware of (e.g. roadblocks) when working through the adoption process... is gay couple adoption even possible?

Thanks for your help!

Dan

Edited July 23, 2016 by danfred

[Oxx]

As a couple, it's almost certainly not possible since gay partnerships are simply not recognised in Thailand.

It might be possible for your partner to adopt. However, single parent adoptions are difficult (and used to be nigh on impossible).

The Thai adoption agency here is http://www.adoption.dsdw.go.th/ehome.html

You may also want to consider consulting a lawyer expert in family law, but be prepared for a negative response.

Most "adoptions" between family relatives in Thailand are informal. You might consider why a strictly legal adoption is necessary in your case.

Anyway, I wish you luck.

[Scott]

Best of luck.

If you are planning on staying in Thailand, it might be difficult, but if you plan on going to your home country, it might be possible for your partner to adopt his niece and then you adopt in your home country. I assume it would require relocating to that country and whether you do it or not would probably depend on your long range plans.

It's a lot to go through, but it does provide some legal coverage for the child when you die.

[danfred]

Most "adoptions" between family relatives in Thailand are informal. You might consider why a strictly legal adoption is necessary in your case.

Yes, what we have now is an informal adoption recognized by the family relatives and also acknowledged by local village government.

My only interest now is being able to take her for a 2-3 week visit to the USA to meet her "adopted" US family members. It appears to be impossible since we're not the "official" parents!

[Oxx]

My only interest now is being able to take her for a 2-3 week visit to the USA to meet her "adopted" US family members. It appears to be impossible since we're not the "official" parents!

Perhaps the question you should be asking is: is it possible to take a child abroad with the written consent of both parents? Maybe a new topic would help with that.