China is a party to the Hague Adoption Convention, which means any adoption from China needs to not only meet the requirements of the convention, but also the state that the prospective adoptive parent resides within the United States.
Some of the guidelines required from China include:- Married couples, marriage is defined as between a man and a woman, who have been married for at least 2 years. If either has been divorced, the couple must be married for 5 years before considering adopting from China. No more than 2 divorces are allowed.
- Must be between the ages of 30 and 44 years old to adopt babies around 1 year old.
- No single parent adoptions.
- Must have a Body Mass Index, a measure of obesity, of no more than 40.
- Adoptive parents must be between the ages of 30 and 50.
- Prospective parents up to age 55 will be considered for special needs children.
- Prospective parents must not be taking medications for psychiatric conditions including depression or anxiety.
- Adoptive parents with a "severe facial deformity" will not be considered.
- Prospective parents who are wheelchair dependent will not be considered.
