The recent tragic earthquake in Haiti is impacting the adoption process in that country. Margaret Ryznar recently wrote a short blog for the Family Law Professor Blog. Full post here.
There are numerous American waiting to adoption Haitian children that cannot proceed with the adoption because they cannot get get their adopted children out of the country.
Ms. Ryznar states "For example, this Wisconsin adoptive couple is waiting for a 16-year-old Haitian boy to get his passport to join them; in the meantime, he is sleeping in an orphanage’s courtyard as the orphanage is structurally unstable."
In another example Ryznar discusses, this mother from Skokie, Illinois is awaiting the opportunity to bring home her 4-year-old HIV positive adopted child from Haiti.
It will be interesting to see what the long term impact on Haitian adoptions will be. Hopefully, this situation will resolve itself quickly and closure will be had for these adoptions.
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