There are the following advantages in an Agency Adoption.1. The social workers who work for adoption agencies are trained professionals. They are generally...
Advantages of Parental Placement Adoptions include the following:The birth parent, usually the birth mother, assumes responsibility for finding and interviewing...
Virginia’s adoption statutes state that a child may be place for adoption by:1. A licensed child-placing agency.2. A local Board of Social Services.3....
If a person introduces a birth mother to prospective adoptive parents, this is called facilitation. There is nothing wrong with this so long as it is not paid for.Virginia’s...
In a Parental Placement Adoption, sometimes called a Private Adoption, there may be a lot of planning before the birth of the child. It may also be necessary to...
The most difficult part of a parental placement adoption is the search. How do you find the birth mother? How does she find you? Second to this problem is the need...
It is highly recommended that couples seeking a parental placement adoption should retain an experienced adoption attorney as early as possible. It is also...
The Protecting Adoption Act of 2015 has just been introduced in the United States Congress. The Act is the result of the efforts of many organizations interested...
Initial Home Studies generally cost between $1,500 and $2,000. They are considered accurate for a period of two years. Many prospective adoptive parents may...
The Court of Appeals of Virginia has recently issued an important Adoption decision with respect to grandparent rights. The case is Harvey v. Flockhart.The facts...
There are several options for serving notice of an adoption upon a birth father. One of these is providing notice through the Putative Father Registry. Under the...
In the case of Chollette v. Keeling, issued by the Court of Appeals of Virginia on October 6, 2015, the Court upheld service of process upon a birth father through...
