Advice on adoption?

Question

Someone from my husbands work wants to give up their twins. What would you have to do to legally adopt them?

Answer 1

Have you people really thought this through? Your husband wants to go to work everyday with the parent of twins he is raising?

You don't see even slightly something wrong here?

Answer 2

Your best bet is to approach your local family services and along with the natural Father, who would need to give permission for the adoption, tell them of your desire to adopt the babies.

They would be able to tell you the legal requirements.

God bless you for your concern.  I pray this moment, that you may be able to provide a home for these precious babies.

Answer 3

I think you would! I dont know for sure but I am almost positive!

Answer 4

God Bless you. I would do the same thing. I have 4 kids, and I pray everyday God makes a way for me to adopt.

Answer 5

be the highest bidder?

Answer 6

My brother has an adopted son.

My advice is engage a lawyer and make sure the parental rights of BOTH parents are severed when you adopt, unless you want either of them in the children's lives (or yours).

I don't know about your state, but here my brother's child's birth certificate lists him and his ex-wife as the birth parents.

Answer 7

If the mother has asked you to consider adopting her twins then I would suggest that all of you contact a lawyer and ask how to go about a private adoption agreement.

If the mother is just considering this and does not know you I would make your interest known to the person at your husbands job and ask that person to pass your information on to her so she can contact you if this is her decsion.

....and remember there will be a wide range of answers you get to this question here.

Answer 8

You will need a private adoption attorney. And the parents should have one themselves so they understand in no uncertain terms what voluntarily terminating their parental rights will mean.

In order for this adoption to take place your will need the consent of both the mother and the father. Pre-matching with a birth family prior to the birth is a very risky proposition. It is very possible that the mom will change her mind....it happens.

And she has the RIGHT to change her mind free from guilt because it is her children....knowing this and understanding it

will help to put this process in a proper perspective.

So you and your husband need to go into this agreement with both eyes OPEN. I would not make any major life changes or tell your children until the child(ren) are born and it is agreed you will be bringing them home.

I think it is very important for the birth family to receive counseling. They need to know that they will experience a myriad of emotions both before and after the birth.

We have done this and I would be more then happy to share a more detailed explanation of all that is required....homestudy....criminal clearances.....child abuse clearances   etc.

Answer 9

I read another of your answers, where you say you have 4 children already.

Wouldn't it be kinder, and more Christ-like to help this woman mother her own children instead of trying to take them from her?

Just a thought.