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An Open Door Adoption Agency

Lithuania Adoption

Lithuania offers an opportunity to adopt school age Caucasian children and sibling groups through a very well organized adoption process. Adoptions of younger children are also possible. Lithuania allows each agency to submit two families each year to adopt children three to five years of age. For these young children, the waiting list is about two years. Families of Lithuanian decent will have approximately half the waiting time as other American adoptive families. For older children, the waiting time is much shorter. There is little waiting for school age children over age six or sibling groups of various ages.

Children are often from small town orphanages where they have been nurtured by directors and staff. The Lithuanian orphanages offer among the best care for their children that we have found anywhere in the former Soviet Union, and many of the older children are surprisingly well adjusted.

 

Lithuania Adoption Process

  • Application
  • Service Agreement
  • Home Study
  • US CIS Approval
  • Dossier sent to Lithuania
  • Select from waiting children (For children over 6 years) or
  • Referral in 12 to 24 months

Lithuania Adoptive Parent Criteria

  • Parents must be 25 - 45 years old to adopt a child 3 to 5 years of age.  For those of Lithuanian ancestry the wait is only about one year.  For non-Lithuanians it is closer to 2 years.
  • Adoptive parents may be of any nationality and between 25 and 50 years of age to adopt a child over 5 years of age.
  • Adoptive parents 50 to 55 years of age may adopt a child 10 years of age or older.
  • Adoptive parents must be at least 15 years older than the child
  • You may select the child
  • Couples must be married 2 1/2 years.
  • You may have other children.
  • Previous divorce is acceptable
  • The Agency seeks Christian adoptive parents for our children
  • Many school age children and sibling groups are available


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