Good Parenting

Guatemala is one of the most well-known countries in the world that consider adoption as one of the most remarkable processes available. It considers adoption legal mainly for the reason that the number of children being orphaned, abandoned or separated from their parents have dramatically been growing due to high fertility rates, endemic poverty and the shame of single parenthood. Heartbreaking as it may seem, hundreds of birthmothers in Guatemala today contact an adoption agency or attorney and place their child available for adoption only days after birth. ThatÂ’s so sad, but that is also the reason that makes US citizens happy as children in Guatemala are available for adoption at very young ages.

Guatemala Adoption Qualifications

Just like in the other countries, the Guatemala adoption program has set its own qualifications for adoptive parents to meet. Under the Guatemala adoption law, married couples, single females and males who have reached the age of 25 may adopt a child from Guatemala. Note also that there is no upper age limit set, but is specifically maintained by the Guatemala adoption law that those adoptive parents who have reached the age of 50 or above must show off flexibility in the age of the child they wish to adopt.

Children Available for Adoption

In Guatemala, infants are made available for adoption. They are healthy infants as they are raised and well-cared for by the foster mothers during the wait for adoption. According to some reports, about 65252dKindergarden/>Pre-Kindergarden at WebArticles.com.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, June 4th, 2009 at 5:06 pm and is filed under Good Parenting.