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General Questions
FAQs
Must the child be a minor to be adopted?
What is an adoption agency?
Must an adoption be handled through an adoption agency?
What is an ‘open adoption?’
Can the natural parent or the adoptive parent change his/her mind after adoption?
What grounds may adoption be challenged?
What happens to the adoption records?
Is the natural father's consent to the adoption necessary?
Is a father’s consent required if the child was the result of rape or incest?
What happens in the case of a missing parent or an abandonment?
Is a child’s consent necessary?
What is step-parent adoption?
What is a second-parent adoption?
What is a two-parent adoption?
Can a single, straight person adopt?
Can homosexuals adopt?
When is a natural parent ‘unfit’, so as to allow adoption without his/her consent?
What are the steps in a typical adoption?
What happens with a child using a surrogate mother?
Are there hassles in international adoption?
What documents need to be provided for an international adoption?
Does a foreign-born child adopted by a u.s. citizen automatically become a us citizen?
Do biological grandparents have any rights after an adoption?
We are a childless couple and have a chance to obtain an infant if we pay lots of money upfront. Is it legal?
What changes are made in birth certificates?
What about federal tax benefits for adoption?
What is ‘adoption’ in a legal sense?
What is ‘equitable adoption’ or ‘adoption by estoppel?’
Types
FAQs
What is an ‘open adoption?’
What is ‘equitable adoption’ or ‘adoption by estoppel?’
Agency Adoptions
FAQs
What is an adoption agency?
Must an adoption be handled through an adoption agency?
Non-agency Adoptions
FAQs
What is an adoption agency?
Must an adoption be handled through an adoption agency?
Rescinding
FAQs
Can the natural parent or the adoptive parent change his/her mind after adoption?
What grounds may adoption be challenged?
Records
FAQs
What happens to the adoption records?
Consent
FAQs
Is the natural father's consent to the adoption necessary?
Is a father’s consent required if the child was the result of rape or incest?
What happens in the case of a missing parent or an abandonment?
Is a child’s consent necessary?
When is a natural parent ‘unfit’, so as to allow adoption without his/her consent?
Stepparent
FAQs
What is step-parent adoption?
Homosexual
FAQs
Can homosexuals adopt?
Process
FAQs
What are the steps in a typical adoption?
Surrogate Mothers
FAQs
What happens with a child using a surrogate mother?
International
FAQs
Are there hassles in international adoption?
What documents need to be provided for an international adoption?
Does a foreign-born child adopted by a u.s. citizen automatically become a us citizen?
Grandparents
FAQs
Do biological grandparents have any rights after an adoption?
Black Market
FAQs
We are a childless couple and have a chance to obtain an infant if we pay lots of money upfront. Is it legal?
Birth Certificate
FAQs
What changes are made in birth certificates?
Taxes
FAQs
What about federal tax benefits for adoption?
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