International Adoption in Spain

Here you will find our step-by-step process of adopting a child internationally through Spain, including links to the blog posts I've written along the way. We began in November 2007.

1. We decided to adopt a child.

• A Brief History of My Thoughts on Adoption
• Further Thoughts on Adoption
• Dominoes
• Boy
• Ethics

2. We attended the mandatory informational meeting.

• Instituto Madrileño del Menor y la Familia

3. I lost my residency, which set us back one year.

• R519

4. We officially opened our adoption.

• Making Babies
• Medical Certificates

5. We took the mandatory adoption class.

• Adoption Class
• Preferences

6. We chose to adopt from Colombia.

7. We started our home study (and completed the first two interviews).

• Taxes
• Adoption Interview

8. We signed the papers to stop our home study for now.

• Seven Days