Adoption Legislation: Your Rights and Options

Questioner

I recently found out that I was adopted without my real mother from Brazil signing for anything. My adoptive parents 'bought' me from an orphanage. When family members wanted to adopt me, the adoptive parents placed me somewhere and raised extra money for me so that the orphanage would not give me back to my family. My mother never knew that I was in the Netherlands and never signed anything. Let alone that she saw the money that the adoptive parents paid for me. Can I now sue my adoptive parents for this? Was the adoption illegal? Thank you very much for the info. Kind regards, Jolanda

Lawyer

Dear questioner, All cases must be weighed here. Perhaps a (possible) criminal offense has already expired. More information is required to reach a conclusion. My question to you is, however, what do you want to achieve by reporting a criminal offense against your adoptive parents?