Ukraine stopped accepting new dossiers some time between March 27 and April 1, 2007. And the US Embassy in Kyiv confirmed this shutdown on April 5. The April 5 email is at the bottom of this post for reference.

The email confirms what German adoptive families and Mike from Virginia Beach said.

Families who are in Ukraine can continue to process their adoptions. And dossier processing has slowed down. SDAPRC... more

President’s decree on dissolving the parliament published today. So now it is the law of the land. The current parliament is no more.

I did an informal poll of a few Ukrainians. And I checked in with a Russian who lives in the United States. None of them were concerned or worked up over Ukraine's political unrest.

It wasn't that they were indifferent. This power... more

Let's be selfish for a brief moment. President Yushchenko dissolved parliament and called for elections.

Remember bill #2562? This is the draft law that would make single parent adoption illegal... and set a minimum and maximum age for adoptive parents.

Well it is dead now.

But Ukraine really has bigger issues right now. One bright spot is that... more

The Ukrainian government has started restricting the number of international adoptions.

This is partly good news. It makes the adoption process more predictable. During the last 2 years it has been a roller coaster. It was a combination of shutdowns and reorganizations.... more

My darling daughter Natasha is a creative thinker. Last year her Grandma asked what type of present she wanted for her birthday.

Natasha quickly replied with a single word.

Tree

She wanted a tree to climb and play under. And we live in a newly built housing addition. There just aren't very many trees here.

Now Grandma is very used to Natasha's creative and unusual thoughts... And Grandma loves trees too. So she decided to get Natasha a birthday tree.... more

I have been searching through various videos about Ukraine. Here are some of the interesting ones.

CrossRoads Foundation provides humanitarian aid services for homeless children in Ukraine. They are an American charity. It looks like they mainly work with children in Kyiv.

This video created by Peace Corps Volunteers... more

Ukrainian regulation is now restricting the number of adoptions. And it has already impacted the Canadians.

Ukraine will only accept 24 dossiers from Canadians for 2007. And 24 dossiers have been submitted.

So far the quota isn't impacting Americans. Americans are still able to submit dossiers once a week (Monday).

Everyone has been trying to figure out the formula that the SDA is using. It... more

I really suggest reading the 128 page assessment of Ukrainian adoption from October 2005.

The International Social Service (ISS) completed this report at the request of the Ukrainian government. And Ukraine is using it as a guide for reforming their adoption... more

I was waiting for the flurry of emails from the US Embassy in Kyiv to stop. It all started with a March 22 2007 email.

The US Embassy announced that adoption laws were changing and would be implemented within a week or so. The Parliament of Ukraine passed bill #2562 which would... more

Here is official news from the US Embassy on the Ukrainian adoption law changes.

Everyone still is uncertain about how Ukraine is going to enforce the maximum age difference between parent and child. Does it apply to the youngest parent or oldest parent?

I am mainly hearing that the oldest parent cannot be more then 45 years older then the child.

Earlier I heard that this bill becomes law in May... but now I am hearing it may be next week.

All I know is that I won't be adopting... more