What is required for adoption for a single female?

Question

I know a single person can adopt, so I'm not worried about that. I do all right with my income and I own my own place. I realize I would need a home study and I have a lawyer I can contact, but I wanted to see if anyone that is single could give me some advice about what they went through. I am almost 39 and single (was married, but have been divorced 8 yrs now). When I was married, I did try to get pregnant and went through fertility testing too, but w/o any luck. I would love to adopt an infant, but would possibly go up to the age of 10 (as I have a 10 yr old niece too). What are some good websites to look at? I would appreciate the help. Thanks.

Answer 1

I know one thing and that's don't go to it's about love (LDS) they think that if you are single you don't need to be raising a child without both the mom and dad so they do not adopt to single men or woman or anyone else of the same s*x. Try foster kids first because the new born go to couples first and there is nothing wrong with foster care they want love to. Good luck and God bless you

Answer 2

Check out www.theadoptionguide.com Its a great resourse for basic info and timelines, etc. Adoption as a single and what is required really depends on the country and the agency. You should make the country decision, i.e. domestic or international first and then check out agencies. Each has different allowances that you have to work within.

I have seen a lot of Korea programs that seem tollerant of singles and you can often adopt very young Korean children.

Good luck! Adoption is a wonderful process and experience.

Answer 3

Hi!  I want to adopt too, and have been researching it for several years now.  I would give you a couple of pieces of advice:

~Don't expect that it will take years to be placed with your child.

It's becoming more and more common that people are placed with their children in less than 6 months from homestudy.  This is especially the case for someone open to multi-racial children.

~Read Adopting on Your Own by Lee Varon (awesome book)

~Make sure that your attorney specializes in adoption (very important!)

~Contact your local DHS

If you are open to foster care first, you can specify that you'd like to foster kids who are "legally free" for adoption and are in your preferred age range.