Adoption

How does cps Guardianship/custody work? Wanting to get guardianship of brother through CPS! What do I have to do and what do I have to look forward to. What are the requirements. Live in Ca. answer: This depends on if your brother is in cps...

When i was a baby i was afraid of women? im a little curious to know why it might be that when i was a baby i was afraid of women. i am a 17 year old korean girl. i was adopted when i was 11 months old, and my parents told me that when i ar...

Question about adoption and criminal records? Once upon a time, I was a very STUPID 18 year old who tried to shoplift from Macys, got caught and have a class A misdemeanor on my record. Will that exclude or make it any more difficult to ado...

Does a nonbiological parent whose name is no the birth certificate have any right? My sister lives in WI and has recently lost custody of my nephew. I live in IL and am hoping to get custody. However, my sisters ex boyfriend who is not the...

Can you tell me about your birth certificate? I ask, because we finally gave in and got the ammended birth certificates for the children. What I noticed and was great, is that they do not have us, or anyone listed as parents. The birth cert...

Is there any comparison between an adopted child sharing their adoptive and birth families AND a child sharing? their divorced parent/divorced parent families? answer: Yes, in an adoption, a child usually loses both their natural parents. E...

Can I adopt if my husband has a bad back ground record? I would like to adopt but I am not sure I can because my husband has a bad back ground record he was a the wrong place at the wrong time and their was marijuana were he was so he got b...

Do alot of adopted children who have never met (after being away from their mother) their mother think that? their mothers are always wonderful people? There is a chance that she could not be, right? So, after my daughter told me that her b...

Im a adoptee and I am writing a persuasive essay about open adoption? i need help on how to persuade people.? Best Answer - Chosen by Voters You are an adoptee. Tell your story. That is the most persuasive argument you can make. Start with...

What exactly does a home study consist of? I was just wondering how exactly a home study is done and who has to get one. What happens during one? Best Answer - Chosen by Voters Home studies are required for foster and adoptive families---th...

Why not adopt a child from your OWN culture? I see some white families adopting children from China and they make no effort whatsoever to retain the childs Chinese culture. They just westernise their adopted children. This is just an exampl...

Should i adopt my girlfriends daughter? My girlfriend Stacy has a 6 year old daughter form a previous relationship. The father died of a car crash while he was driving drunk not to long after she was born. I have become a father figure to h...

Should I give my 5 month old daughter up for adoption? I have a 5 month old daughter who i love with all my heart. Since i was pregnant I knew that i wouldnt be able to give her the life that she deserves and the things that are going on in...

She only wants me for my money and has already looked into adoption,she unfit.how do i make her give it up? Best Answer - Chosen by Voters You dont. You DO NOT, NEVER EVER EVER attempt to convince someone to abandon their child, no way, not...

We were unmarried,live in different states. can i make her put the kid up for adoption? Best Answer - Chosen by Voters You dont. You DO NOT, NEVER EVER EVER attempt to convince someone to abandon their child, no way, not ever! If you think...

Adoptees whose AParents also have biological children? My husband and I have a biological son as well as 2 adopted daughters (through foster care). One of the girls is my niece (her father is my brother) and the other one is no blood relati...

To Natural, Bio, First Mothers? I posted a question a few days back about what do birth mothers think their entitled to...and got much more hostile responses that I expected. Which of course made me angry at first...but I really got to thin...

Are there any good foster families in paradise California? i am 15 years old and i was put in a foster home 6 months ago and now i am basically being booted from the house. she is going in to options and that is for drug babies and i am not...

What is coercion and how was/is it used in obtaining relinquishments? I saw one poster yesterday who said that she has never seen coercion used in obtaining surrenders, so I assume she doesnt believe that it has happened or ever did. Are th...

Are there disadvantages to the adoption of a statute such as the UCC ? I couldnt think of any!!! Please help me with a detailed answer! Best Answer - Chosen by Voters Wrong section, dude. Try again in politics or something... this is the se...

Why does everybody believe that adoption by American parents is best for foreign children? I was adopted from Korea and everybody says my life is better because I was adopted by Americans. I think thats bullchit. How do you know I couldnt h...

How would you feel if you surrendured, and found this out years later? I work with the mentally disabled, and there is one girl in the home who has shared with me her developing relationship with her birth parents, details on her adoptive f...

Adoption: search for lost brother who was adopted through a convent? i was told not long ago i have another older brother i was never aware of he is 2 years older than me. he was a child of rape and my grandparents forced my mother to give...

Im 18 and want to get custody of my 3 year old nephew? okay im 18 years old and really want to get custody of my nephew i had him when i was 15 and 16 years old and decided to give him back to his mother and now she wont put him in school s...

Has anyone given up a 1 month old for adoption? i heard my friend talking about it and she was saying that not many adoptees get adopted? Best Answer - Chosen by Voters Healthy white infants are actually in very high demand. At an agency th...

Step parent adoption in Texas without biological fathers consent? My husband has been raising my son for almost 4 of 5 years of his life, and my sons biological father has never tried to have anything to do with him. He was going to sign ov...

Will they let this couple adopt? My fiances father is a CREEP, he was abusive physically and mentally to his ex-wife, and his 3 kids. It got to the point where he was threatening to kill all of them almost every-day and DCYF was involved an...

Child Custody w/Dead Beat Dad, esp. Concerning Adoption? My husband and I were separated (not divorced) and were both temporarily seeing other people. I inadvertently got pregnant with my lovers child. My lover turned out to be really messe...

What are requirements of adopting through the state? I was adopted through Social Services and would like to adopt in the future. What are the financial and other requirements? Is there anyone adopted through the state that can tell me a li...

Am i adopted?????????? Ok well People say i look like my dad but i dont see it. but there are no pictures of my mom being pregnant. and ive only found pictures of me as a toddler and not anything b4 that. I dont really know anything about m...

Adoption from Haiti, whats the news...? I have recently heard news about adopting children from haiti. Whats the current news on that? And... can you? Just wondering Best Answer - Chosen by Voters whats the news...? Over 150,000 are dead an...

What are birth mothers entitled to? I guess Ive never really given it much though, as a birth mother myself I have always thought I deserved a respect for carrying my daughter for 9 months and giving her life..but if she never gives me that...

We are trying to locate a birthmother considering adoption for her child.? We have placed newspaper ads, have our own website and networked on adoption social networks. Does anybody have any other ideas as to what we can do? Best Answer - C...

Adoption Agencies, and good wed sites ? We are thinking of adopting another baby or a child in waiting......but I need to know what is the best agency to go through or talk to about adopting ? Witch agency is best at handling international...

I sometimes feel like I cant let them know how I feel? Im 15 and I was adopted aged 9 from foster care. My aparents are the most wonderful people I could ever have hoped would adopt me and my lifes only gotten better since I was adopted. Bu...

Should my mum give me sister for adoption? My mum wants to put my sister back into care because she is kind of a hand full and very hard to deal with my previous questions Might help you understand a bit better ive known her since i was lit...

IS IT TRUE THAT IT COSTS 25 GRAND TO ADOPT A KID? I DO NOT BELIEVE IT BUT MY COUSIN SWEARS THAT IS THE WAY IT IS? Best Answer - Chosen by Voters From a private agency that is about the going rate. To adopt from foster care the child youve b...

Whats the difference? I just read a news story about a woman who was telling couples she was pregnant, and proceeded to take money from them by promising them her child. The author of the article called it bilking. While her behavior is awf...

Real Pain vs. Perceived Pain? Have you noticed that the pain of us REAL Mothers often gets sidelined for the adoptee? Relinquishing Mothers can actually remember the event, the moment our newborns were taken from us. We live in pain for yea...

Adoptees: Have you thought about your perception of gender roles? (see rest)? One facet that is 100% nurture is how gender is portrayed. Have any adoptees, once in reunion, looked at how gender roles were in your adoptive home, and thought...