I want to adopt a child...how do i go for it? what are the rules to follow and are there any restrictions ?

Question

i am single..not married ...would like to adopt a new born or a very young baby..

Answer 1

Adopting a new born is almost harder than adopting an older child. I dont know the exact rules but there are many restrictions. Im pretty sure you have to be 21 at least... and being that you are single may make it more tough. The best way is to contact case workers or maybe try being a foster parent for some time before you go adopting.

good luck!

Answer 2

I don't want to sound discouraging, but unless things have changed a lot, a single mom trying to adopt a newborn is next to impossible.  We were married and we waited 5 years for an infant.  It never happened.  We finally went with foster care, which was the answer for us.  We ended up keeping a lot of foster kids, and having a lot of wonderful memories, and adopted two of the children.  

We were trying to adopt through a very reputable agency (a non-profit agency) who truly did the ethical thing, which is to counsel the mothers and let them TRULY make their own choices.  I think the fact that, in the 5 years we waited to adopt, they only placed maybe 2 babies in adoptive homes, says something about their ethical counselling.  

I didn't know didley about adoption back then, and about all of the unethical practices that many adoption agences use.  I thought all of that stuff was the things you saw in cop shows on t.v., about black market babies.  I had no idea that "licensed" agencies were unethical.  I am very grateful now that we only went to one agency to adopt, the non-profit agency that I spoke of.  I would rather be childless for the rest of my life than to be a part of some of the things I've read about from the people posting here.

Answer 3

New borns are going to be hard for your just the type that adoptions agency go looking for single mothers In fact some church adoption agencies think that a child would be better off with a mother or father so they wouldn't adopt to you. You would be better off going for a foster child one that no one wants and that could really use a nice home single mom or not just to be loved.

Answer 4

well, do know that the waiting list for a baby is very long..

I suggest considering the many children (some of them quite young) in foster care that need  homes..

You'll have to talk to an agency and get a homestudy scheduled, application filed, that kind of stuff.. that's step one, I belive

Well, along with doing ALOT of research about adoption..

Answer 5

Being single and wanting an infant is going to be tough.  Even stable married couples have to wait years.  The cost is very high as well.  How about looking into fostering?