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Legal considerations for those seeking to adopt and those placing a child include locating an adoption attorney, understanding legal definitions, knowing the law governing each type of adoption, and knowing your rights.
Understanding events that preceded the Indian Child Welfare Act won't make the Act easier to follow, but may help those seeking to adopt, adoption professionals, and searching adoptees be more patient while legalities are observed.... [more]
Adoption fraud and scams exist. Learn what they are, how to protect yourself in advance and report unethical and illegal practices.... [more]
Lack of attention to biological fathers' rights can have serious consequences, a lesson courts are handing down with more frequency.... [more]
Adoption across state lines involves working with both states within the framework of one or both Interstate Compacts: ICPC and ICAMA. Here's what you need to know about the legalities involved, and how moving to another state may affect assistance and subsidy programs.... [more]
The possibility a hoped-for adoption will not go through is a risk faced by most adopting parents. Learn about risk in adoption, what it means, and how to evaluate your own situation.... [more]
What you need to know about these written agreements between placing and adopting parents: What they are, why you might want to make one, how to make one, and legal considerations.... [more]
State laws differ widely on when and how parental rights can be relinquished, and the period of time when placing parents can change their minds. Here's what you need to know about relinquishment of parental rights, consent to adoption, and the time to revoke.... [more]
Adoption has its share of questions about ethical practices, but one of the most hotly debated concerns the role of money: how much, what it's used for, to whom it's paid. For some, it all comes down to the question of baby-selling.... [more]
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