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It's possible but I would advise you to tread very carefully! A friend of mine has been trying to adopt a baby girl from Panama privately for close to 2 1/2 years now. The "baby" just turned 4 years old & the case is still stuck in the courts. The girl's birth family has already relinquished custody & she's been in an orphanage since about 6 months of age (before that she lived with her maternal grandmother who tried twice to get the orphanage to take her). My friend & her husband have been able to visit the orphanage & spend time with their daughter-to-be (they're fortunate in that they have a lot of vacation time) but it's a very difficult situation which shows signs of dragging on indefinately at this point. I don't want to alarm you unduly, but I can see how this is tearing my friend apart & I really think you should be prepared for a lot of uncertainty & risk (even more than is usual in IA) if you decide to adopt from Panama.
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