Adoption websites?

Question

I was wondering if anyone knows of any webistes that I could look up the requirements, or qulifacations that a married couple need to have in order to adopt a baby and what are the laws to protect the adopting parents and the child's birth mother's rights?

Answer 1

The requirements will vary from state-to-state, agency-to-agency, and between different types of adoption. What type of adoption are you looking into it? What state?

Laws will also vary just as much from state-to-state. Most laws are in place to protect the child, not the adopting parents. There are definitely things you can do to guard yourself (don't do a private adoption, thoroughly research your agency, ask lots and lots of questions, and learn as much as you possibly can about adoption loss and separation issues).

ETA:

Some NY specific links:

http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/adopt/

http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/new-yo...

Answer 2

childadoptionlaws.com

you should be able to search by state.