• Adoption
• Types of Adoption Available Under the Law
  • Independent Adoptions & Legal Issues
  • Identified Adoptions & Legal Issues
  • Agency Adoptions & Legal Issues
  • Open Adoptions & Legal Issues
  • International Adoptions & Legal Issues
  • Facilitated and Intermediary Adoptions & Legal Issues
• Who May Adopt Under the Law
  • Family Member Adoptions & Legal Issues
    • Stepparent Adoption Laws & Procedures
  • Non-Family Member Adoptions & Legal Issues
    • Foster Parent Adoptions & Legal Issues
• Who May Be Adopted Under the Law
  • Foster Care Adoptions & Legal Issues
• Adoption Procedures & Legal Requirements for Adoptive Parents
  • Appealing a Denial of an Adoption Petition
  • Amending a Birth Certificate After Adoption
• Information for Biological Parents
  • How to Place a Child for Adoption
• Termination of Parental Rights Under the Law
  • Abandonment Leading to Legal Termination of Parental Rights
  • Willful Failure to Support a Child Leading to Legal Termination of Parental Rights
• Cost of Adoption
• Contested Adoptions
• Working With an Adoption Lawyer
• Adoption Laws and Forms: 50-State Survey
• Adoption Law FAQs
• Adoption Laws & Procedures
• Adoption Resources
• Adoption Articles
• Adoption Glossary
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Last reviewed October 2024