The Complete Adoption Book,9781580623346

The Complete Adoption Book

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ISBN13: 9781580623346
ISBN10: 1580623344
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Pub. Date: 2000-06-01
Publisher(s): Adams Media Corp
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Summary

A thorough resource for couples who want to adopt a child takes readers through each step in the adoption process, from choosing an agency to bringing a child home, and discusses international adoptions, state requirements, medical issues, and other topics. Original.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Preface x
Is Adoption for You?
1(10)
There Are Children to Adopt
2(1)
Who Can Adopt?
3(1)
How to Begin
3(1)
What Kind of Child Do You Want?
4(1)
What Route Do You Want to Take?
4(1)
Moving from Infertility to Adoption
5(1)
When Infertility Is Not the Issue
6(1)
Are You Ready to Accept Parenthood Through Adoption?
7(2)
What Are Your Reasons for Wanting a Child?
9(2)
Agency Adoption
11(20)
Public Adoption Agencies
12(1)
Available Children
12(1)
Public Agency Adoption: Pros and Cons
13(1)
State- and Federally-Funded Private Agencies
14(1)
Religious Agencies
15(1)
Private Agencies That Place Infants
15(1)
Traditional Adoption
16(1)
Facilitated Agency Adoption
17(1)
The Middle Road
17(1)
Identified Agency Adoption
18(1)
Why Consider an Identified Adoption?
19(1)
Identified Adoption: Some Disadvantages
20(2)
Is an Identified Adoption for You?
22(1)
When an Agency Turns You Down
23(1)
Adoptive Parents' Rights: Getting All the Information
23(1)
Private Agencies: What to Look Out For
24(2)
Contracting with an Agency: What to Ask
26(3)
Investigating an Agency's Reputation
29(2)
Independent Adoption
31(14)
The Independent Adoption Process
32(3)
Why Pursue an Independent Adoption?
35(3)
Independent Adoption: Some Disadvantages
38(1)
Is an Independent Adoption for You?
39(2)
Independent Adoption: One Couple's Story
41(4)
Choosing an Adoption Attorney
45(8)
Services and Fees
46(1)
The Attorney as Intermediary
47(1)
Your Attorney's Role in a Domestic or International Agency Adoption
48(1)
Putting Together a Portfolio: A Quick Overview
49(4)
Finding a Birth Mother
53(30)
Networking
54(2)
Broadcast Letters
56(5)
Business Cards and Filters
61(1)
Newspaper Advertisements
61(4)
Other Considerations
65(2)
Where Should You Advertise?
67(2)
Internet Adoption Services
69(3)
Setting Up a Telephone Line (``Baby Phone'')
72(2)
Searching for a Birth Mother: One Couple's Story
74(9)
Who Are Birth Mothers, Fathers, and Grandparents?
83(8)
A Historical Perspective
83(1)
Predicting the Likelihood of Placement
84(2)
Choosing to Place a Baby
86(1)
Birth Fathers
87(1)
Birth Grandparents
88(3)
Meeting the Birth Mother
91(10)
What to Tell Her, What to Ask
91(3)
Meeting
94(2)
Talking to Birth Mothers
96(1)
Supporting a Birth Mother Emotionally
97(1)
Supporting a Birth Mother Financially
97(2)
Relating to More than One Birth Mother
99(2)
Birth Fathers and Their Rights
101(6)
Putative Father Registries
101(1)
Laws and Precedents
102(2)
Worst-Case Scenarios
104(3)
Openness in Adoption
107(20)
Is Open Adoption for You?
107(1)
Open Adoption: Advantages
108(1)
Open Adoption: Disadvantages
109(1)
Legal Considerations
110(1)
How Open Is Open?
110(1)
Staying in Touch
111(3)
Searching for Birth Families
114(3)
How Are Searches Conducted?
117(1)
Potential Outcomes
118(1)
What About International Adoption?
119(1)
Contacting a Birth Relative
120(1)
Legal Aspects of Searching
120(7)
Special-Families: Special Considerations
127(16)
Single-Parent Adoption
127(1)
What to Ask Yourself
128(1)
Options for Single Parents
129(2)
The Home Study Process
131(1)
Unique Challenges for Single Men
131(3)
Adoption for Gays and Lesbians
134(2)
Adoption for Unmarried Couples
136(1)
Military Families
136(7)
Relative and Stepparent Adoption
143(16)
Adoption by Relatives
144(6)
Adoption by Stepparents
150(9)
International Adoption
159(70)
International Adoption: Advantages
159(2)
International Adoption: Disadvantages
161(3)
Getting Started
164(1)
So Let's Go: The Process
165(3)
Deciding on a Country
168(14)
Who Conducts Your Adoption?
182(1)
International Agency Adoption
182(1)
Child-Placement Entities and Attorneys
183(1)
Parent-Initiated International Adoption
184(1)
Getting Through the Paperwork
185(7)
Completing Your Dossier
192(4)
When a Child Is Assigned to You/Selecting a Child
196(5)
Why Do So Many Families Want to Adopt a Girl?
201(1)
Deciding to Adopt More than One Child
202(1)
Adopting Two Children of Nearly the Same Age
203(1)
Special Needs Children
204(2)
After a Child Is Assigned to You
206(1)
Getting Ready to Travel
207(6)
Issues Related to Having International Children
213(1)
Meeting Your Child
214(1)
Adopting a Child in Another Country
215(2)
Your Child Is Home: What You Need to Do
217(2)
Adopting Your Child in the United States
219(2)
Obtaining Citizenship for Your Child
221(1)
Postplacement
222(1)
Steps to Take
223(1)
Adoption for Americans Living Overseas
224(5)
A Brief Overview of Canadian Adoption
229(14)
Canadian Adoption
229(1)
An Overview of Domestic and International Adoption in Canada
229(1)
Private Domestic Adoptions in Brief
230(1)
Provincial Rules and Regulations
231(1)
International Adoption
232(1)
Countries from Which Canadians Frequently Adopt
233(5)
Adopting a Child from the United States
238(1)
Adoption in Quebec
239(4)
Adopting a Toddler
243(12)
Why Toddlers Are Available
243(2)
Toddlers Through Private Adoption
245(1)
Preparing for a Toddler
246(4)
Language Development
250(1)
Older Siblings and Toddlers
250(1)
Pets and Toddlers
251(1)
Adopting More than One Toddler
251(4)
Special Needs Adoption
255(56)
Types of Special Needs
256(12)
Advantages of Special Needs Adoption
268(1)
Disadvantages of Special Needs Adoption
269(2)
Getting Started
271(3)
How to Adopt a Child with Special Needs
274(4)
The Home Study
278(2)
The Legal Risks of Special Needs Adoption
280(1)
Open Adoption
280(3)
Adopting by Special Needs Category
283(2)
Adoption Networks or Exchanges
285(6)
Foster Care
291(2)
Special Needs Adoption Subsidies
293(11)
Preparing for Your Special Needs Child
304(2)
The Child's Arrival at Your Home
306(2)
Talking to Your Child about Adoption and His/Her Past
308(3)
Transracial Adoption
311(14)
What to Consider
312(2)
What Is Transracial Adoption?
314(2)
The Adoption Process
316(1)
Private Adoption
316(1)
Private Agency Adoption
317(1)
Public Agency Adoption
318(1)
The Controversy over Transracial Adoption
318(2)
Transracial Families
320(1)
Providing Your Child with a Positive Ethnic Identity
321(1)
Adoption Policies and Practices
322(3)
The Home Study
325(20)
When to Have a Home Study
326(1)
Who Qualifies to Adopt?
327(4)
Selecting an Agency or Independent Investigator
331(1)
The Home Study
331(11)
Postplacement Supervisory Visits
342(3)
Adoption Expenses
345(16)
Independent Adoption
346(2)
Agency Adoption
348(1)
Identified and Facilitated Adoption
349(1)
How to Keep Your Expenses to a Reasonable Level
349(1)
Paying for a Birth Mother's Living Expenses
350(1)
Adoption Insurance
351(1)
International Adoption
352(1)
Public Agency Adoptions
353(1)
Paying for Your Adoption
353(1)
Adoption Assistance as an Employee Benefit
354(1)
The Adoption Tax Credit
355(2)
How to Take a Credit or Employer Benefit Exclusion
357(1)
Nonrecurring Expenses Subsidies
357(4)
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
361(34)
Finding an Obstetrician
361(5)
Prenatal Care
366(1)
The Baby's Birth and Hospital Stay
367(5)
Health Risks
372(9)
Consequences of Prenatal Drug and Alcohol Exposure
381(8)
What Risks Can You Accept?
389(3)
How to Accept a Child with a Medical Condition
392(3)
Preparing for a Baby's Homecoming
395(4)
Infant Care
396(2)
Naming the Child
398(1)
Appendix: State-by-State Laws and Resources Pertaining to Adoption 399(219)
Endnotes 618(5)
Index 623

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