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post #1 of 8
1/29/10 at 9:24pm
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Is there an age limit on how old you can be to adopt from the dss system? Can you be denied because you are too old? Also, would it be any different if the child is related? I'm having trouble finding out. Thanks, Mamas!
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post #2 of 8
1/29/10 at 10:23pm
From what I've heard age would apply in relation to the child. Like the odds of an 3 yr old being placed with a 60 yr old, probably not going to happen in general terms. Healthiness of the adult would also be addressed.

As far as relation to the child, I remember in our class was a woman in her late 50's going through as part of the process to be a kinship placement for her 4 grandkids. She was really sweet and gave me tissue when I cried.

I know that's not much info & I'm sure there are others who know much more than I do.
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post #3 of 8
1/29/10 at 10:33pm
My ds' paternal birth grandmother was maybe 64 at the time of ds' placement. She was considered for placement.
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post #4 of 8
1/30/10 at 12:19am
I know a foster mom who is in her 70s and she is in the process of adopting her foster son, no relation.

And I know many foster parents (well, they are kinship foster parents) who have adopted their grandchildren when the gparents are in their 60s or 70s.
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post #5 of 8
1/30/10 at 4:27am
My adopted son was first "offered" to his 76 yr old great grandmother when he came into care at birth. She had already adopted the two half siblings, who were around 8 and 9 yrs old at the time, and she got them when the younger was an infant and the older was about a year or so old, adopted them a few years after they were placed with her. She said she couldnt take the new baby, as she was too old. My son's birth great-uncle was considering trying to adopt him and would have been considered as a potential placement had he not decided to back out of pursuing it, and he is a single guy in his 50s.
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post #6 of 8
1/30/10 at 8:32am
I think that general health is more of a factor than age.
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post #7 of 8
1/30/10 at 11:16am
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Thanks for the replies....our plan has been to seriously consider adopting an older child in the system within the next 2 years- we are now 44 and 50- but there is also a distant relative who has a baby that may need care soon. We would like a child closer to our childs age- he is 6.....and are hesitant to get more involved with the relative....
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post #8 of 8
1/30/10 at 12:20pm
That's definitely not too old to adopt through the foster care system.
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