Stahlke Adoption

Readoption

The adoptions of our children all took place in the Ukrainian legal system. We have been encouraged to "readopt" our children in the United States. Now that Kola is here, we can readopt our kids all at once rather than in two installments.

For readoption, an Illinois state court looks at the details of our foreign adoptions and issues new adoption decrees. The new decrees, which are independent from the Ukrainian ones, will state that our children have been adopted in conformity with Illinois state law. A side benefit to the process is that all documents will be issued in English, including our children's birth certificates.

posted by Stahlkes @ 12:44 PM