What is Adoption?
Adoption is the formal method of establishing a legal parent-child relationship when the adoptive parent is not the child’s parental or birth parent. When adopting a child, the birth parent is terminating their parental rights under certain circumstances and is giving the freedom to the child to be adopted into a new family. The process also involves verifying that the adoptive child is placed in a safe environment that includes things such as background checks, home studies, etc.
Open-Adoption
An open adoption is when the birth parent(s) communicate and may still have visitations, but the primary residence of the child will remain with the adoptive parent(s).
Closed-Adoption
A closed adoption is where the birth parent(s) have no contact at all with the adoptive parents or visitations to the child.
Independent Adoption
An independent adoption is where an individual or couple goes through an agency that matches them with a child in the system to care for.
Private Adoption
A private adoption is where an individual or couple go through only the birth parent(s) and are given the baby once they are ready to go home to be cared for.
It may get confusing with the many aspects of consideration one must account for when going through the adoption process. We understand how important family means to our clients and we strive to provide our best to represent those in need. We are here to take you through the various steps of adoption that may be challenging, but with our services it can be easy-going and very rewarding. Whatever your circumstances may be, our North County staff is willing to go the extra mile to make sure your needs are satisfied and to give you the resources needed to finalize your adoption.