[Xanny]

I suspect it would depend on the country and the judge. Also on your social worker. One of the points of the homestudy is to ensure that you can keep your children safe, and also to ensure that you are likely to live until the child reaches majority (our doctor had to sign a statement saying that he sees no reason why we won't live another 18 years). Skydiving is a risky sport. But then again, so is adoption! The right social worker will see you as people who aren't afraid to face a challenge: even a very scary one.

I would feel out the SW to see if you think he/she will be receptive. If so, then tell the SW, and ask if it should be put into the homestudy report or not. Our agency read our homestudy draft and told us about anything they thought might present a problem in court (like we said we wanted a child "as healthy as possible," which could have resulted in a judge deciding the child we choose is not healthy enough for us to adopt.)

It seems to me it's most important that you don't lie to your agency. The professionals are good at deciding what is important to put into the homestudy, and what should be left out.

Anyway, skydiving seems like a hard hobby to hide. Don't you have skydiving pictures around the house? I think the stress of lying would be too much for me.

That's just my $0.02.

Xanny