I want to adopt a kid but am only 19. can I?

Question

I want to adopt a kid but am only 19. can I?

Answer 1

I believe you have to be 21. There is also alot of other things you need to be. You need to have a good salary, physically very well, responsible and sensible, you need to have practise at dealing with children etc. I would suggest if your serious spending the next two years saving up and baby sitting as often as you can this will help you a lot later on. Good Luck it's a massive responsibility, but well worth it.

Answer 2

Sure!! If you're responsible enough..

My friend's brother also do that.

He adopt one little cute boy who had left in the foundation.

But be sure that you can take good care of  a kid, and won't left him in the future..

hope u have good luck..

Oh! but you may not can adopt kid for totally

maybe you just visit and take care of a kid in your freetime

and wait until you older than now.

Answer 3

Legally? Yes. In actuality? It depends.

If, for example, your younger sister is pregnant and doesn't feel that she could keep a baby, but wants you to have it...then yes.

In fact, if you have any friend or relative who is pregnant or has a child they feel they can't take care of, and they want to have you adopt, then yes, they can do that.

If, however, you want to adopt a baby from an agency...probably not. As has been mentioned repeatedly on this board, there just aren't many infants out there who need to be adopted: under those circumstances, a 19-year-old PAP does not look like a particularly good option when there are so many stable, older couples who are also looking for a baby.

But...

If you wanted to be a foster parent and have a foster to adopt situation...you may well find yourself in luck, depending on your state. In NY, you need to be 21, but in NJ, you only need to be 18. Google your state and "foster care" to find out the requirements for foster parents.

But before you do this, please consider that this is a serious decision that has a tremendous impace on a child's life, so please weigh the consequences carefully. Are you sure that you could be a good parent? Can you support a child? Can you help that child be all that they can be? Can you help them with school? Are you done being a kid yet? Are you sure? Do you want to pursue some kind of higher education? Can you take care of a child while you are working or going to school? Have you ever practiced taking care of a child for an hour? For a day? For a weekend? Are you sure you could be responsible for a child until they turn 18--until they are almost as old as you are now?

Answer these questions fully and honestly, and *then* figure out what you want to do.

Answer 4

No, you have to be over 21 and in a stable relationship or over 25 if single.

Answer 5

Doubt it!!! WHY!!!

Answer 6

Probably not.

You have to prove that you're stable, especially as a single parent.  My friend adopted as a single woman, and had to support pages of documentation of her income, have a home inspection, plus have friends provide character references, etc.

Unless you plan to adopt from a friend or family member who intends to voluntarily sign over their child to you, I can't imagine an agency would look kindly on a single 19 y.o. mom.

Wait a few years, and try volunteering through Big Sisters or another mentoring program for now.

Answer 7

I think you need to be 21

It's interesting how encouraging people are.  If you had said you were 19 and pregnant, they same people would have been saying you were too young and encouraging you to relinquish.    I'm in awe of the double standards here.

Best of luck

Answer 8

i guess not at this time, adopting a child means a lifetime of responsibility and  a serious committment, at your age, i believe youre not yet ready for it, your maturity is not yet ripe enough in handling adoption process and besides, you suppose to enjoy life at your age and  being single at the same time, i appreciate your intention but i suggest that you have to think a hundred times before you decide. balance the pros and cons of it.

Answer 9

What are your reasons for wanting to adopt so young?

you should probably join big bros/big sisters for a few years.  at 19, you have a lto of fun years ahead of you.

Answer 10

You could become a foster parent at that age.. THen when the kid is awarded to the state, you could just adopt the baby then!!

however you need to just find out.. Any thing is possiable!!!

Answer 11

have you tried pregnancy???

Answer 12

I believe anyone over the age of 18 has the right to petition the court to adopt.

Answer 13

Try it. Adopting is much more usefull than making one. God bless you.

Answer 14

I hope not.  You're way too young.  Most people aren't ready to raise children till at least their mid 20's.