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Originally Posted by Tamiswaiting
Way early for me to even think about. Nevertheless, I have  . I don't plan on readopting (I live in PA). I haven't heard any good arguments to bother. It seems rather redundant to me. Maybe I'm missing something. If I am, somebody feel free to clue me in. |
One reason to readopt is for documents that can be replaced if they are ever lost or destroyed. It is not always possible to have a foreign country send you a copy of your adoption decree if you need it for some purpose. And of course having a birth certificate is obviously an absolute necessity and if something should happen to your child's Guatemalan one, it could be VERY difficult to replace. In some places you
have to readopt to do a name change and/or get a state issued birth certificate and in some you do not. That is something you need to look into specifically for your area.
It could also be argued that readoption can help preserve inheritance rights. The risk is probably slight, but there is the possiblity that despite what your will says, it could be argued by difficult family members that because the child's foreign adoption isn't a "real" adoption. If you have substantial assets, and/or difficult family members, this may be worth considering.
What you can and can't and should and not necessarily need to do vary from state to state and county to county. As I said above, in my state, readoption is not even a possiblity, but we were able to do name changes and get a state issued birth certificate but in MANY places this is not true.