If you are preparing a dossier or waiting to submit a dossier, please read the entire post. This blog is just information reframed. Nothing has changed on dossier submissions.

As the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy states:

DON'T PANIC

Well this just blows rotten eggs. My hope for 2007 was that everyone who wanted to adopt, could adopt.... more

My favorite blogs from 1997 to 2005 are found here and include some single adoptive parent blogs. This blogroll will contain recent 2006 and 2007 Ukrainian adoption blogs. I will try to update it once a week (or more if I find interesting blogs).

The date/time stamp on this blog will indicate when it was updated. If I add a link or a family's status changes, I will mark it with *NEW*.

Post a comment below or email... more

Why did President Yushchenko veto bill 2562? I have translated a letter from Yushchenko to Parliament to help answer this question.

Quick disclaimer: I don't earn a living translating Ukrainian to English. I may have screwed up some of the words. I used machine translation to help me out. If you have a better translation please share it.

I freely admit that I took some liberties... more

First came Happy Day and then Happy Day 2... Now we have Super Happy Day. Ukrainian adoption law still hasn't changed.

Ukrainian President Yushchenko vetoed bill 2562. This bill would have made adoption by single men and women illegal. And would have restricted... more

I was pretty happy back on June 7. All signs pointed to bill 2562 NOT becoming law. Ukrainian adoption laws would stay the same. Single men and woman could adopt. +45 adoptive parents could adopt without restriction.

jpandersen correctly... more

I am 99.9% sure this is the final answer. Ukraine isn't going to restrict older adoptive parents. And single women and single men adoption is still legal.

Bill 2562 was sent to Ukrainian President Yushchenko on May 29. This bill would put age restrictions on adoptive parents and make single "foreigner" adoption illegal. But he has stated that... more

On April 30, 2007 I volunteered to keep statistics on how long it takes to submit a dossier and get an appointment for Ukrainian adoption.

I will be updating this page (popping it to the top) when I update the statistics.

I received an email pointing out that each adoption is different. There is no such thing as an average Ukrainian adoption. I agree with this. However as an adoptive parent, I want some guidance. And I think statistics can help with this.

I have received information from 23 American, Canadian and French families. They started their adoptions in 2005, 2006... more