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Anonymous asked in Pregnancy & ParentingAdoption · 3 months ago

Hi I am turning seventeen and i would love to adopt a child?

I live in the UK and I Want to adopt someone in Australia I know that I have to be 21 but the person I want to adopt will be 14 when I am 21 we know each other well but will i be allowed to adopt them?

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  • 3 months ago
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    It seems very unlikely, on several grounds. There's a great deal of screening before an adoption, and you would not be considered old enough. International adoptions are VERY difficult- most countries don't allow children to be adopted outside the country. 

  • R.j.
    Lv 5
    3 months ago

    Your a little young to adopt, also, they want married couples most of all

  • 3 months ago

    No.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    3 months ago

    No.              

  • !
    Lv 7
    3 months ago

    Nope. The law is the law, and the law requires that you be at least 21 before adopting a child. No exceptions

  • Rick B
    Lv 7
    3 months ago

    Of course not.          .

  • ?
    Lv 5
    3 months ago

    that is kind of weird buddy, just be friends but even then, no 21 year has what it takes to be the father or mother of a 14 year old at all! the teen is already at the age of convincing themselves they are adults and know best for themselves and it will be a disaster! that teen is gonna want to date, go out, sex, smoke, drink, drive cars, your both way to young to be that close together any how 

  • Anonymous
    3 months ago

    You cant. Just make a life together and work hard to meet up with each other and live a good life supporting each other financially and life wise

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