The ABA consumer guide to adopting a child
Subtitle: everything you need to know for a successful adoption
By: Robert A. Kasky and Jeffrey A. Kasky
Contributors: Kasky, Jeffrey A., author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9781634250238
Subjects: Adoption; Law and legislation; Popular works; Adoptive parents; Handbooks, manuals
Other titles: Adopting a child :
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Adoption basics; title: Parties to an adoption; title: Who may adopt; title: "Open" and "closed" adoptions; title: Services provided by adoption agencies and attorneys to adoptive parents; title: Working with an adoption agency; title: Services provided to birth parents by agencies; title: The risks of adoption; title: The home study; title: Matching families with the birth parent(s); title: The waiting period; title: The birth of the child; title: Securing the consent to adopt from birth parent(s); title: After delivery and consent but before the birth mother is discharged from the hospital; title: Discharge of baby from hospital; title: Finalizing the adoption; title: Appendix A: adoptive family filings; title: Appendix B: birth parent(s) legal papers; title: Appendix C: "safe haven"; title: Appendix D: other adoption matters of interest.