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Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoptions
What Does It Mean for International Adoptions? By Sue Marquette Poremba
The Hague Convention is also supposed to open up the informational flow between the parents and agencies and the country where the adoption takes place. Through the Hague Convention, all background and medical information of the child is to be exchanged with the adoptive parents or the agency facilitating the adoption. However, although it's a good idea in theory, the information simply may not be available.
Chalker agrees that adopting through the Hague Convention will extend the length of time of an international adoption because of the additional paperwork and training required. "If you decide to work with an agency out of state, you must use one of their supervised providers to do the home study," she says.
Costs of an adoption may also rise because of the Hague Convention, but "doptive parents should consider an increase as they would consider an insurance premium they should be willing to pay something to avoid an improperly executed adoption," Hansen says.