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Hi All,Hardly ever use this post, as I am a single adopter who adopted from the UK. But I have a query on behalf of a friend who is interested in inter-country adoption.She and her partner are making initial enquiries but have been told by their local authority that they won''t be considered , because of her medical history - she has had, quite dreadfully, 2 separate episodes of cancer, quite unrelated to each other. She is now quite well, and has an excellent prognosis, though she is still having annual checks.Now, it may be tht this will scupper their chances - or at least delay them when they don''t have time on their side - but she is of the impression that with intercountry adoption that you HAVE to go with your local authority. Is that true?? I had thought you could go with whichever agency you chose, but the rules may be different for intercountry I guess??Any light on the subject gratefully received! Thanks.