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Re: age requirement is NOT agency mandated -- it is the country's requirement: See THIS forum's factsheet on Bulgaria:
"ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS: Prospective adoptive parents may be married or single. Adoptive parents must be at least fifteen years older than their adoptive children, but no more than forty-five years older. There are no Bulgarian age minimums or maximums; prospective adoptive parents are expected to comply with their home government’s age requirements (For the U.S. prospective adoptive parents must be at least 25 years old; there are no age maximums). "
UPDATE: The length of time that children now legally have to be held on the national data base has been reduced to six months - instead of the 12 month requirement.
There is so much inaccurate info on BG adoptions on the internet. You have to rely on information from agencies that have been actively placing children from Bulgaria for many years. They are the ones that know the accurate information.
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