Answer: While the adoption is pending, your son will use his original birth certificate (issued immediately after the birth of the child). Your adoption petition and the birth parent consent forms prove you are the prospective adoptive parents and contain the name you gave your son. You should use your son’s new name for all …Read More about Adoptive Parents: We did not use your services…
Adoptive Parent Questions
Adoptive Parents: I am terrified about the birth…
Answer: First, birth parents who voluntarily elect to place a child for adoption and who personally choose the adoptive family are very grateful to the family they selected and are proud of their decision. Second, if a birth parent could change their mind about the placement after the revocation period runs, then there would be …Read More about Adoptive Parents: I am terrified about the birth…
Adoptive Parents: Will we as “adoptive parents to…
Answer: Generally the answer is no. Most pregnant women who do not already have medical insurance are entitled to medical coverage through MediCal or Medicaid. We assist a birth mother in securing this critical medical coverage. Since a baby cannot be placed for adoption until after the birth of the baby, the entire nine months …Read More about Adoptive Parents: Will we as “adoptive parents to…
Can you answer the following questions
We have heard incredible things about your program. Can you answer the following questions: 1) Do most adoptive parents go forward with the 1st birth mother who selects them or do they pass & wait for the “perfect” match; 2) What is the average of this happening; & 3) when a birth mother selects an …Read More about Can you answer the following questions
The adoption agency we were with just closed…
Thank you for your question. We believe that some of what you are observing stems from the closing down of international adoption programs and domestic programs becoming too large. As a private adoption law firm exclusively focused on voluntary domestic adoption, we have not been affected by this. In fact, we are very proud to …Read More about The adoption agency we were with just closed…
Is The Adoption Tax Credit About To End?
The answer is No. However, the amount of the credit may be reduced significantly after December 31, 2010. Indeed, the federal adoption tax credit was implemented in 1996, and provides a credit of $5,000 to adopting parents for the adoption of a child ($6,000 in the case of a child with special needs). Fortunately, the …Read More about Is The Adoption Tax Credit About To End?
Adoptive Parents: How much contact can we expect…
Answer: The amount of contact that you’ll have with your birth mother will vary, depending on the situation. However, most birth mothers and adoptive families who pursue an open adoption email and/or talk on the phone about once a week during the match phase. This is important for both parties as it’s a way for …Read More about Adoptive Parents: How much contact can we expect…
Adoptive Parents: I am 44 years old and…
Answer: Not at all! I find that most prospective adoptive parents fear that their adoption attorney is going to tell them that they are too old to adopt. In domestic adoption, the birth parents select the adoptive parent(s) who they want to adopt the baby. Because it is the birth parents who make that decision, …Read More about Adoptive Parents: I am 44 years old and…
Adoptive Parents: Do adoptive parents ever report any…
Answer: No. While being concerned with bonding is often a concern of a prospective adoptive parent(s) who are beginning to explore adoption, those that pursue adoption and have a baby through the process always report that bonding starts to take place as soon as the adoptive parents hold the baby and are given the responsibility …Read More about Adoptive Parents: Do adoptive parents ever report any…
Employer Adoption Benefit Programs and the Federal Family…
Did you know that your employer may have an adoption benefit program to help you with the costs of your adoption? Indeed, in an effort to offer competitive employee benefits, more and more companies are implementing employee adoption benefit programs to help their employees defray adoption costs. Employer-based adoption benefit programs take different forms. Typical …Read More about Employer Adoption Benefit Programs and the Federal Family…