# Adoption news. FINALLY.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 16, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666 "2013-07-16T14:30:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/41 "2013-10-23T14:49:03Z")
Okay, hope I’m doing this right. We don’t have all the pictures off the camera yet, but here’s a little Dropbox album with three pictures to get y’all started.
[Baby Rachel](https://www.dropbox.com/sc/ajzh8ckfaf1i2y9/JeCkXSOQBf)
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/42 "2013-10-23T14:53:00Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#):
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> Okay, hope I’m doing this right. We don’t have all the pictures off the camera yet, but here’s a little Dropbox album with three pictures to get y’all started.
>
> [Baby Rachel](https://www.dropbox.com/sc/ajzh8ckfaf1i2y9/JeCkXSOQBf)
In all the ways there are in the world, you did it right.
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### Author:  [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/43 "2013-10-23T15:03:07Z")
Hey Max 🙂 Congratulations 🙂
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### Author:  [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/44 "2013-10-23T15:29:29Z")
Congratulations on the little Dopette ( AKA, Rachel ). She looks like she has settled into Torque household.
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### Author:  [@Gesturing\_Mildly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gesturing_Mildly)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/45 "2013-10-23T15:46:31Z")
Congratulations Max! She’s darling!
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### Author:  [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/46 "2013-10-23T15:51:37Z")
Beautiful little girl! Looks like the sisters are getting close 🙂
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/47 "2013-10-23T16:02:41Z")
-sniffle-
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### Author:  [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/48 "2013-10-23T16:15:38Z")
Aww! She’s so teeny! :3
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### Author:  [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/49 "2013-10-23T16:21:43Z")
She’ll be alright. You’ll be alright. Your family will be alright.
But most of all, the smile in the far-right pic made me tear up.
Good luck to all of you.
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### Author:  [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/50 "2013-10-23T16:45:26Z")
She’s darling. Congratulations on your new arrival. I can tell you firsthand that raising two daughters is a lot of fun.
🙂
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### Author:  [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/51 "2013-10-23T16:55:06Z")
There is a lot of dust in my eyes. Congrats to the entire Torque family.
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### Author:  [@Seany](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seany)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/52 "2013-11-20T23:16:52Z")
Hi Folks
Just looking for some help please,my wife who is a Filipino / irish citizen who is currently living in the Philippines taking sole care of our niece ( 6 weeks old ),we have started the domestic adoption process in the Philippines and my wife will stay there until it is completed,
then our future plan would be to bring the child back to Ireland,our lawyer said there should be no problem with the adoption in the Philippines as both parents have given consent and it is a relative adoption,
i am living in Ireland as i need to support my wife and child as my wife gave up her job here to go live back in the Philippines,
once the adoption is finalized in the Philippines and we get the new birth cert can we apply for an irish passport for our daughter,do we need to register the adoption in Ireland and also is it ok that both of us are not living in the Philippines
Any help would be great.
Kind regards
S
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### Author:  [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/53 "2013-11-20T23:56:33Z")
> [@](#):
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> once the adoption is finalized in the Philippines and we get the new birth cert can we apply for an irish passport for our daughter,do we need to register the adoption in Ireland and also is it ok that both of us are not living in the Philippines
Welcome to the SDMB.
Have you asked your lawyer the same question?
Regards,
Shodan
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### Author:  [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/54 "2013-11-21T00:50:28Z")
[Looking at this website,](http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/adoption_and_fostering/intercountry_adoption.html)
> [@](#):
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> If you wish to adopt in another country, you are required to undergo an assessment by the Health Service Executive (HSE) or an accredited Adoption Society. The assessment report is then forwarded to the Adoption Authority. The Adoption Authority is an independent statutory body responsible for making declarations of eligibility and suitability to adopt abroad. This is important, as you will have to produce these documents to the foreign adoption authorities as evidence that you have been approved for an inter-country adoption. The Declaration lasts twelve months.
> [@](#):
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> It is very important to check beforehand with the Adoption Authority whether the adoption law of the country you are hoping to adopt in complies with Irish adoption law. This will help you to avoid embarking on an expensive and lengthy process that may not be legally recognised in Ireland.
I suggest you contact a local adoption agency that handles foreign adoptions.
Good luck and welcome to the Straight Dope
StG
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### Author:  [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/55 "2013-11-21T03:45:54Z")
Congratulations! Happy to hear you’re all together now
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### Author:  [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/56 "2013-11-21T17:51:40Z")
> [@Seany](#):
>
> Hi Folks
>
> Just looking for some help please,my wife who is a Filipino / irish citizen who is currently living in the Philippines taking sole care of our niece ( 6 weeks old ),we have started the domestic adoption process in the Philippines and my wife will stay there until it is completed,
>
> then our future plan would be to bring the child back to Ireland,our lawyer said there should be no problem with the adoption in the Philippines as both parents have given consent and it is a relative adoption,
>
> i am living in Ireland as i need to support my wife and child as my wife gave up her job here to go live back in the Philippines,
>
> once the adoption is finalized in the Philippines and we get the new birth cert can we apply for an irish passport for our daughter,do we need to register the adoption in Ireland and also is it ok that both of us are not living in the Philippines
>
> Any help would be great.
>
> Kind regards
>
> S
This is specific to our US/China situation: we were instructed on several occasions that, if both parents travel to China and complete the adoption in China, that there are no further adoption requirements to be met when you travel back to the States (unless something is specifically required by the particular state in which you live). If, however, only one parent travels to China for the adoption, you would have to go through a domestic adoption again after you return to the US. Given that international adoption has become pretty well standardized due to the Hague Convention on International Adoption, I would suspect that something similar would be required in your case. However, the advice to contact an international adoption agency and attorney is without question the advice you should follow.
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### Author:  [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/57 "2013-11-21T19:47:21Z")
**Max** - How are the baby and big sister (and you and your wife, of course) doing?
StG
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### Author:  [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-news-finally/663666/58 "2013-11-23T10:53:44Z")
So wonderful. I have a little one the same age as Rachel and it breaks my heart that a child can go that long without being loved like she should. Best wishes to you as you get her caught up on all that love!
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