Adoption
Articles
- A Beginner's Guide to Adoption. [PDF] Answers general questions about adoption and the adoption process. From the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
- Adopting and Parenting When You're Lesbian or Gay. Covers the legal rights of same-sex parents, from adoption to coparenting to the rights of second parents in the event of a breakup.
- Adoption Basics. Covers types of adoption, rules about consent, and how a home study works. From Nolo.
- Adoption Credit. Covers tax credits for qualifying expenses paid to adopt an eligible child. From the Internal Revenue Services.
- Adoption in Connecticut. Offers a guide to resources in the law library. By the Connecticut Judicial Branch.
- Adoption Law Overview. Covers open and closed adoptions, adult adoptions and adoption laws.
- Adoption: Where Do I Start? Outlines the steps toward an adoption. From the Child Welfare Information Gateway.
- Agency Adoptions. Covers the procedures and costs involved when you adopt a child through an agency. From Nolo.
- Guide to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. [PDF] Covers what the compact does, the procedures for making compact placements, penalties for illegal placements. From the American Public Human Services Association.
- Independent Adoptions. Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of skipping the agency when you adopt a child. From Nolo.
- International Adoption. Covers international adoption, immigrant visas, adoption fraud, validity of foreign adoptions in the United States and automatic acquisition of U.S. citizenship for an adopted child. From the U.S. Department of State.
- Oregon Adoption Assistance Handbook. [PDF] Covers incentives for families to adoption special needs children.
- Postadoption Services: A Factsheet for Families. Covers postadoption issues that most adoptive families encounter, including loss and grief, trust and attachment and school problems. From the Child Welfare Information Gateway.
- Stepparent Adoptions. Covers getting consent of the birth parent to the adoption. From Nolo.
- The Adoption Home Study Process. Covers the elements of the home study process as well as the home study report. From the Child Welfare Information Gateway.
- The Immigration of Adopted and Prospective Adoptive Children. Describes the intercountry adoption process and explains the major issues adoptive parents should understand before they begin the process. From the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
- The Law of Adoption in Connecticut. By the Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries.
- Who Can Adopt a Child? Offers advice for single people, married couples, domestic partners, and lesbians and gay men. From Nolo.
