The first birth certificate after the adoption is NOT free and is NOT sent automatically to the parents. 

A helpful guide explaining legal parentage options for LGBTQ families, including adoption, court judgments, and voluntary acknowledgments.

Open adoption is a term referring to the exchange of identifying information between biological and adoptive parents.

Adoptive Parents frequently face the conundrum of how to claim their baby as a dependent on their tax returns when they have not yet legally finalized the adoption.

As soon as you receive your adopted child’s birth certificate, it is time to make an application for a new Social Security number. 

Stepparents share something very special with their adopted children. They have made a deliberate choice to parent their stepchild and have purposefully accepted the rights and responsibilities that come with parenting.

Let me start with the legal truth that an adoptive parent is a legal parent and has the same rights and responsibilities toward his or her child as a biological parent. 

How does one adopt a baby or child from another state? If you are working with a national agency, chances are you will be traveling to another state to meet your birth mother and new baby.

What is a home study? Do I need one to adopt and how do I have one completed? This article is designed to answer your questions and reduce your anxiety over the home study process.