Adoption of Convenience Definition: An adoption of a child not for the sake of the child but to the convenience, usually financial, of the adopting parent(s). Related Terms: Adoption, Marriage of Convenience, Closed Adoption, Open Adoption In Perera, Justice Dubé of the Federal Court of Canada wrote: "Similarly to a so-called marriage of convenience (where two total strangers fake an illusory marital relationship so as to admit a temporary spouse to Canada) an adoption of convenience would be a situation where Canadian citizens would pretend to adopt an unknown child so as to bring him to Canada for a financial reward." REFERENCES: Duhaime, Lloyd, Adoption Law In Canada Perera v Canada 2001 FCT 1047 Categories & Topics: Family Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!