Linda is not in the insurance business. Her role is simply to advise clients of the availability of the product. Most adoptive families are selected by a birthmother within nine months to one year. Some families find themselves incredibly lucky and are selected in a few weeks or months, others may wait twelve to eighteen months. Many adoptive families are looking to adopt a child of similar ethnic background to their own.
Some families are more flexible about the ethnicity of the child they adopt.
The majority of the birthmothers contracting Linda's offices are Caucasian. The remaining ethnic groups include Hispanic, Afro-American, or Asian birth families. She may select a single adoptive parent, a newly married couple, or a family with other children in the home. The average age of the adoptive families is between 38 and 45. Linda has represented families of a wide variety of religious and ethnic backgrounds.