Not planning to adopt right now, but just looking ahead a few years...I am interested in eventually adopting an infant locally in the UK (don't want to deal with bureaucracy, language barriers, and high cost of international adoption). Ideally a baby as young as possible (newborn is fine), definitely not over 2-3 years old at the time of bringing the child home. Would like a 100% closed adoption -- deceased/unknown/totally out of the picture birth parent(s) having absolutely no contact with the child. The child should be so young that they wouldn't remember life before adoption.
Is this common, or are most local UK adoptions for older children and open to birth parent contact? How likely is an application for my case to be successfully matched with a baby for closed adoption in a reasonable time (post-Covid of course) ? (Assume that all other factors like my job and health are stable and approved to adopt. I might consider adopting as a single parent or with a partner.)
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Star555 · 21/02/2021 04:37
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