It's legal in every U.S. state.
Thousands adopt each year within their own countries, or from just about any continent in the world.
This non-profit corporation supports the right of adoptable children to loving families, regardless of any difference in race, creed, color, or national origin, or of any handicap the children may have. The Council is a member of the Joint Council on International Children's Services, and the North American Council on Adoptable Children. The Council publishes The Handbook for Single Adoptive Parents . The Handbook for Single Adoptive Parents is an anthology of advice and experience from experts as well as a treasure trove of resource information on every facet of single parent adoption. Agencies, finances, country-specific issues, medical concerns, adoption law, private adoption, open adoption, international adoption, older child adoption, and advice and support from seasoned single parents who have been there .