At the successful conclusion of the home study investigation, you will be
approved as prospective adoptive parents and begin your journey into parenthood.
After all paperwork has been reviewed and the social worker has visited and approved your home, you will be
approved as prospective adoptive parents and begin your journey to bring home your child.
Now that you have completed your paperwork, your home visit, reviewed your home study and been
approved as prospective adoptive parents, y
Families wishing to adopt a child from a foreign country (inter-country or international adoption), must complete a home study investigation and be
approved as prospective adoptive parents by a Hague Accreditated adoption agency.
Our agency, Family Connections, Inc., has had families who are placed with a child after being
approved as a prospective adoptive parent for a couple of days; we have also had couple wait a few months adopt; or who have waited for over three years to adopt a child.
Not exact matches
adoption exchange A service that helps agencies match waiting children with
prospective adoptive parents by maintaining a list of children waiting for adoption and
adoptive parents who have been
approved as potential placements for these children.
Thus,
prospective adoptive parents will be required to petition their county's Family Court to become pre-qualified (
approved; aka pre-certified)
as adoptive parents.
Prospective adoptive parents who obtained custody or guardianship of a child and have not yet finalized the adoption need to find an accredited or
approved ASP to provide any remaining services, including completing post-placement reports
as required by the child's country of origin.
If a
prospective adoptive parent or adult household member has a criminal history or is currently under investigation for an alleged crime, the home study provider agency shall determine on the basis of the information it has available whether to
approve or reject the individual
as an
adoptive parent.
All
prospective adoptive parents who are considered by a birth
parent must be
approved as adoptive parents at the conclusion of their home study investigation.
Thus, if
prospective adoptive parents choose to use a private licensed social worker, they will be required to petition their county's Family Court to become pre-qualified (
approved; aka pre-certified)
as adoptive parents.
If the
prospective adoptive parent (s) and / or adult household member has been or is currently the subject of an indicated (aka founded) child abuse and maltreatment report, the home study provider agency shall determine on the basis of the information it has available whether to
approve or reject the individual
as an
adoptive parent.
Most
prospective adoptive parents are nervous about meeting the eligibility criteria for being
approved as an
adoptive parents.