Pandemic Increases Anxiety for Families Adopting Internationally Over 4,000 children come to America each year for international adoption. These are children brought over from a wide variety of countries and for many different reasons. For those families who have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of their new child, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new anxiety […]

4 Ways COVID-19 Is Affecting Foster Care Currently, there are more than 400,000 children in foster care, and the pandemic is making it challenging to address the needs of these kids. Families in the foster system need to stay up to date on the ways COVID is affecting foster care. By learning about the changes […]

With a Slower Process, Families Still Seek to Adopt While more families are seeking to adopt during the COVID-19 shutdown, delays have made the process more frustrating for some. Your loving home is still desired, although the process may take longer. When issues are resolved, you can file papers in New Jersey with the Office of […]

Adoptions Are Still Happening During Quarantine Thanks to Virtual Meetings Throughout the adoption process, would-be parents have to meet with several people, including lawyers, agency representatives and the child they hope to adopt. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult to hold in-person meetings in New Jersey and other parts of the world. For […]

Adoption in the Age of COVID-19 There are presently 1.5 million adopted children in the United States. Prospective parents are now facing new challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic. Fertility treatments have been postponed while surrogacy, foster care and adoption have all been affected. Don’t Give Up Hope In May, an exciting event occurred in the […]

The Effects of COVID-19 on the Adoption Process Every year, 135,000 children are adopted in the U.S. However, COVID-19 is changing the way that parents can adopt and presenting logistical hurdles for the time being. Here are some ways that coronavirus is putting obstacles in the way of the adoption process. Parents May Not Have […]

Should You Adopt Through Foster Care? Roughly 59% of all non-stepparent adoptions in the United States each year are adoptions that happen through the foster care system. Though this style of adoption is extremely common, many prospective parents are not aware of it. Understanding the pros and cons of adopting through the foster system can […]

Couples have often used assisted reproduction technology methods to create their families. Even though both names appear on the birth certificate, one or both of them may not be genetically related to the child. While this is not a problem in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and some other states, it may raise an issue because a […]

What Are Some Considerations for Stepparent Adoptions? It’s not uncommon for a child to be adopted by a stepparent. In fact, this occurs in roughly 5% of stepfamilies, and many more would like for this to happen. Since stepparent adoption is not always easy to accomplish, interested parties should fully understand the process. Stepparent Adoptions […]

With this virus spreading throughout the United States and the world, all parties involved in or considering getting involved in family formation through assisted reproduction technology are seeking advice. We already know that travel is being restricted, and for the current time banned internationally from many countries. These travel restrictions as well as those involving […]