Adopted from orphanage as a baby.

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<p>Hi,
If a child was found abandoned and put in a foster home then adopted as a 6 month old baby would this qualify as checking off the "lived in foster care" box ?
This is our daughter's situation. And the foster home was in the country of China.
Thanks</p>

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<p>I do not know much about the foster care box. I know that I would probably mark it if I was in your situation, unless the instrucations specifically said “US foster care” or “foster care for more then 6 months” or “foster care over the age of 1” or something similiar that would make it untrue for me to mark it.</p>

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<p>What “lived in foster care” box?</p>

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<p>There’s a box on the FAFSA (Question #52, Section 2) that asks if you’ve been in foster care since you turned 13. Is this the one you mean? If so, it clearly doesn’t apply.</p>

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<p>I don’t think that is what they mean by that question.</p>

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<p>No. You adopted her as a young child. She doesn’t fit the qualifications. She’s considered YOURS.</p>

<p>*The response should be Yes if:</p>

<p>The student had no living parent (biological or adoptive) at any time since the student turned age 13, even if they are now adopted, or</p>

<p>The student was in foster care at any time since they turned age 13, even if the student is no longer in foster care as of today, or</p>

<p>The student was a dependent/ward of the court at any time since they turned age 13, even if the student is no longer a dependent/ward of the court as of today.</p>

<p>The response should be No if the student does not meet any of these criteria.</p>

<p>Note: A student is not considered a ward of the court based solely on incarceration.</p>

<p>*</p>

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<p>I also have a daughter who was adopted from China and who spent months in an orphanage. No, we didn’t check that box on the FAFSA in regard to her. I don’t think that an orphanage in another country qualifies as foster care, and our daughter was less than a year old when we adopted her, so even if we stretched the definition of foster care and considered it “foster care,” she wasn’t in that care as of age 13.</p>