Over the past weeks, I have dialogued with a few professionals who have expressed their desire to adopt a child. Adoption is a very personal decision for prospective parents to make. It’s impossible to say there is one reason why people adopt — because, in actuality, every family chooses adoption for different reasons. Adoption is the process by which a child’s biological parental rights are transferred to another adult or a couple who will assume all the responsibilities of raising the child. In Jamaica, there are two types of adoption procedures:
- Application for an Adoption Order – this is required to complete an adoption locally
- Application for a Licence – this is required when seeking approval for the child to be released to citizens of scheduled countries to be adopted abroad.
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