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    Default Adopting Our Recently Orphaned Cousin in Indonesia

    My question involves adoption law for the State of: NY
    My uncle was married to a woman from Indonesia. They moved to the us and she became a citizen. They had a son here, who is a citizen. My uncle passed away a year ago and during an extended visit to her family in Indonesia, the child's mother passed away. We are the only living family in the us and would like to adopt our cousin. He is currently in Indonesia with the mother's family. Due to the fact that he is a us citizen and not an indonesian citizen, who has the rights to adopt him? what is involved in this process? any help would be greatly appreciated!

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    Default Re: Adopting Our Recently Orphaned Cousin in Indonesia

    They have whatever rights are offered under Indonesian law. If the child returns to the United States to live with you, you can seek guardianship or explore adoption under New York law.

    If everybody's on board with the idea you can try to adopt him while he's still in Indonesia, but that will be a lot more expensive and cumbersome than the other options.

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