Product: The Sims 4Platform:Microsoft XBOX OneWhich language are you playing the game in? EnglishHow often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)What is your current game version number? 1.71.6.2300What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All the expansions not game packs or stuff packs Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Go online or if someone has the expansion pack and click on the baby with a sim who's real baby it isn't and there should be an option to adopt it won't let me doesn't give me the option. If you go online it says and shows that you can adopt own babies and get a birth certificate but it won't let me What happens when the bug occurs? Nothing just doesn't give me the option to adopt and get a birth certificate What do you expect to see? The option to adopt the child and get a birth certificate as it explains on the website Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No I can't any file as the file is too big but please have a look online about adopting kids in household and getting a birth certificate in the hand after in growing Together expansion pack I think it's a bug

Adoption is only possible if the child sim has less than two parents.Does the child in your test already have two parents?

@GiardiniDiMarzo sorry for the delay, had to test this one for you 🙂 If you have a science baby with a friend, that science baby does have 2 parents in their family tree, so adoption is not possible. However, if you have a science baby alone, that baby only has 1 parent in the family tree, so adoption would be possible in that scenario. So to clear this up a bit further- to adopt an infant/child/teen, they need to have only 1 parent listed in the family tree, or adoption will not be possible.

Yep then affection and it doesn't come up. What other way can I find this? It only says adopt as care dependent but that isn't what I want. There is actually an option to adopt and get a birth certificate

@EA_Solaire That makes sense, she does have 2 parents. Even when one of them is no longer with us 😉 Thanks!

@wenelda Check Nina's family tree, if she has already 2 parents, your sim can only choose to adopt as care dipendent.

[GRO] Can't adopt children within household

32 Replies

crinrict
Hero+
3 years ago
@SophieLamb94 I'm having issues understanding what you are saying. Are you saying you can't adopt babies that were taken away from other families or do you not have the adoption option on the phone at all ?

If it's the later, did you check the computer ?
SophieLamb94
3 years ago
No what I mean is in the Growing Together expansion pack there's an option where you can now adopt own kids but it's not letting me. I don't mean from the phone I mean own kids. If you look online there's a photo that shows a toddler and it says adopt channing but I can't do that on my own game. Have a look at the pictures I sent one is mine and the one that says adopt channing is the one from the Internet
SophieLamb94
3 years ago
Not on the phone I mean there should be an option when you click on tbe infant but it won't let me
EA_Solaire
Community Manager
3 years ago
Hi @SophieLamb94

Are you trying to adopt this infant with a biological parent? Only non-family members within the household can adopt children this way, like a step-parent. Bio-parents of infants or children will not see this option.
SophieLamb94
3 years ago
What do you mean only non family members I tried that. I asked a sim to move in and played that sim clicked on the infant still wouldn't give me that option only says adopt as care dependent that isn't what i want I want to be able to adopt and get a birth certificate which it shows on the interent it states that you can get a birth certificate. And actually adopt the infant not just adopt as a care dependant. Explain to me how I do it cause I already tried what you mentioned. I moved a sim in wasn't a family member then I clicked and didn't let me adopt the infant or give me the birth certificate so I am really confused is this a bug witn the GROWING TOGETHER expansion pack because there are a lot of bugs. So this may one
EA_Solaire
Community Manager
3 years ago
@SophieLamb94

Are you looking under the Friendly interaction options?
SophieLamb94
3 years ago
Yep then affection and it doesn't come up. What other way can I find this? It only says adopt as care dependent but that isn't what I want. There is actually an option to adopt and get a birth certificate
EA_Solaire
Community Manager
3 years ago
@SophieLamb94

This option only appears under the Friendly interactions, if you're not seeing it there with a non-family member of the household, it sounds like you're seeing a bug. We'll leave this report open so the team can investigate further.

Thanks for reporting this!
SophieLamb94
3 years ago
Thank you. But on the picture it shows it in the affection bit. Have a look at the picture 📸 mine doesn't have that option. It must be a bug only says adopt as a care dependent which isn't what I want what I want is adopt channing for example and then a birth certificate. It's not showing me that all. Does asking a sim to move in make them a family member??? Or even if I move a sim in and they are only friends.
EA_Solaire
Community Manager
3 years ago
@SophieLamb94

What you're seeing is currently under the Friendly interaction options- affection is a sub-category for friendly. Adoption is under the Friendly category.

Asking a Sim to move in does not make them a family member, but does make them part of the household, so they should see the option. Family member would mean a brother, sister, mother or father. A friend moved into the household should see the adoption option under friendly.

If you're not seeing it, it does sound like you're seeing a bug, so we'll track this further by keeping this report open.