Regardless of your approach, you will have to pull together a lot of documents about you and your family, including what is known as a home study. Identify a child. If you decide to accept the referral, you travel to get the child or the child is brought to you. Adopt your child legally. Once the child is in your arms, you must obtain legal permission to adopt the child.
Laws vary among states and countries.
In most states, there will be a specified period after the birthparents sign the relinquishment papers during which they can revoke their relinquishment. Your attorney or agency can assist you. Readopt and naturalize your child. If you adopt from another country, experts recommend you readopt your child in your own country. My husband and I adopted a beautiful baby girl through a private attorney.