Overview of State Assistance for Adoption in New Jersey If you are thinking about adoption in New Jersey, you’ll want to learn about the state’s adoption assistance program. This program offers financial assistance and other benefits to adoptive parents who are considering adopting a child with special needs from foster care. Eligible families may be […]

What to Know When Choosing Between Adoption and Surrogacy Each year in the United States, about 135,000 children are adopted. Excluding step-parent adoptions, about 59% of adoptions are from the foster care system. Surrogacy is another way to add to your family, and each year, about 18,000 babies are born through this method. Genetics Some […]

Do Children Prefer Older or Younger Adoptive Siblings? One common reason that people adopt is because they want their current child to have another sibling. While this is certainly admirable, it can be tough to ensure that all your children get along with each other. Carefully considering the adoptive child’s age can help, but there […]

Your Guide to Pay the Mother’s Medical Expenses During Adoption On average, most families pay around $40,000 for an infant adoption. Most of these payments go toward medical bills. Understanding what you are and are not required to pay for can help you create a mutually satisfactory adoption arrangement. Are You Legally Required to Pay […]

How to Decide Between Adoption and Legal Guardianship Roughly 8% of children in the U.S. live with family members who are not their biological parents. Though these familial arrangements can be a wonderful way of raising a child, they do come with some legal difficulties. If you are trying to decide between adoption or guardianship, […]

What You Need to Know About the New USCIS Rules There are roughly 9 million U.S. citizens currently living abroad. Typically, they are able to transfer their citizenship to any children they have, but things get a little more complicated when reproductive assistance is involved. Fortunately, a recent update from USCIS makes it much easier […]

How to Honor Your Adopted Child’s Ethnic Culture Eighty-four percent of international adoptions and 28% of domestic adoptions involve children joining families of another race or ethnic group. In any cross-cultural adoption, it’s important to find ways to honor a child’s heritage. These tips can help your child stay connected to his or her past […]

How Do I Create a Visitation Plan With My Child’s Birth Parent? In 2019, more than 64,000 children were adopted in the United States. According to the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, 52% of those children were adopted by their foster parents, and 36% were adopted by a relative. When planning an open adoption, no matter […]

Does an International Surrogacy Mean Dual Citizenship for Your Child? The U.S. State Department has long upheld a policy that denied citizenship to those who were born via surrogacy or IVF (in vitro fertilization), preventing children who were born in this way from obtaining dual citizenship. But now, thanks to the recent update in the […]

Always make sure to work with a reputable licensed adoption agency and a reputable attorney who specializes in adoptions, such as those who are Fellows of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys. Unethical adoption service providers can take advantage of an emotionally charged process to deceive and defraud prospective adoptive parents or birth […]