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Overseas adoption hurdle dropped for Iowans

March 30, 2002 By admin

Iowans who adopt children from overseas will face fewer legal hurdles. Iowa has been the only state in the nation that requires parents who’ve obtained a legal adoption overseas to again go through all the legal hoops of an adoption here, but no more. Governor Tom Vilsack has signed a bill into law that recognizes international adoptions. Iowa parents who adopted a child overseas faced up to three thousand dollars in additional expenses to obtain a legal adoption in Iowa. There are federal rules that govern international adoptions and Iowa now joins the other 49 states that have been recognizing adoptions legalized in other countries.

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