Ways to Plan Ahead for an Adoption Home Study Visit More than 130,000 children are adopted each year in the United States. Planning to welcome a child into your New Jersey home and family is a joyful and exciting time. Part of the process typically includes a scheduled home study visit with a licensed social […]

Common Types of Expenses You May Encounter During Adoption On average, the typical adoptive parent spends about $30,000 to adopt an infant. There are several different things that factor into the cost of adoption, so people can end up paying anywhere from $0 to $30,000. If you are planning on adopting, here is what you […]

Valuable Adoption Advice to Consider During the Pandemic With any major life-changing process, there are many steps and options to consider, and adoption is no different. Adoption should be thoroughly undertaken and heavily evaluated by all parties to make sure that matters are handled ethically and professionally. If you or someone you know is a […]

COVID-19 and Pre-Adoptive Home Inspections When pre-adoptive parents first look into adopting a child, they’ll have to prove their fitness through a home study; these home studies have typically taken about 90 days to complete in the past, but they can take longer if they are disrupted. COVID-19 has proven especially adept at disrupting such […]

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 […]

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 […]

How to Help Your Adopted Child Adjust In New Jersey, the average stay in foster care is 2.9 years. A long-term stay in foster care makes it more difficult for a child to adjust when they’ve been adopted. A child may have fears of being sent back, so it’s important you know how to help […]

The Impact of Coronavirus on International Adoptions In recent weeks, the spread of a novel virus from Wuhan province in China has sent shock waves throughout the global infrastructure. Not only has the fallout threatened to slow the shipment of goods and travelers’ movements to and from China, but international adoptions have also slowed as […]