A doption agencies have several methods for linking the parties to an adoption. It is now common for adoptive parents to locate a baby through their own efforts and advertising. Many couples employ an agency, adoption consultant or attorney to help them with an independent adoption. Each state has its own laws regarding advertising and it is necessary to obtain advice from an attorney prior to placing ads. Each state has its own laws regarding adoption advertising.
Most states allow newspaper advertisements with minimal requirements.
However, it is necessary to obtain advice from an attorney prior to engaging in such advertising. A very new method of locating a baby to adopt is through the Internet. The waiting couple's pages are biographies of the couple, written by them and including personal photographs. I can personally attest to the Internet as a valuable method of locating a baby to adopt. I strongly believe that the Internet is a valuable and virtually untapped method of locating a baby to adopt.