ABA Consumer Guide to Adopting a Child Everything You Need To Know For A Successful Adoption
- Who May Adopt
- Open' and 'Closed' Adoptions
- Acknowledgments
- Adoption Basics
- Matching Families with the Birth Parent(s)
- About the Authors
- The Home Study
- Services Provided by Adoption Agencies and Attorneys to Adoptive Parents
- The Birth of the Child
- The Risks of Adoption
- Services Provided to Birth Parents by Agencies
- Appendix B. Birth Parent(s) Legal Papers
- Discharge of Baby from Hospital
- After Delivery and Consent but Before the Birth Mother Is Discharged from the Hospital
- The Waiting Period
- Appendix D. Other Adoption Matters of Interest
- Securing the Consent to Adopt from Birth Parent(s)
- Appendix C. 'Safe Haven
- Introduction
- Working with an Adoption Agency
- Appendix A. Adoptive Family Filings
- Dedication
- Finalizing the Adoption
- Parties to an Adoption