Child Adoption Laws

This website was created to help a birth mother, birth father, or adopting family know more about state adoption law, interstate law, domestic (United States) and international adoption law.

If you are would like to adopt a child: This is a good place to learn the answers to some of your frequently asked questions about child adoption, about the types of adoptions, about requirements for adoption in the US and international adoption from many countries including Russia, Guatemala and China.  You will also find links to the other websites that can help you: Adopting Family Resources and  Pregnancy And Children, as well as International Adoption Help, Adoption Services, Child Adoption Resources, and Psychologist Anywhere Anytime.  You may also want to read the free online adoption manual that can help you learn about the adoption process. 

Adopting families please click this link to find information about the types of adoption, adoption counseling services, government financial assistance for adopting families, a free adoption manual and much more.

If you are considering placing a child for adoption: We have placed more on this website than the adoption laws and the laws regarding your rights. You will also find answers to your most frequently asked questions about adoption, the difference between open and closed adoption, whether a private or agency adoption is more likely to help you find a safe and loving home for your child and even information on how to select the right family for your child.

Pregnant women and Birth Mothers who need financial, medical, nutritional, health or other types of help such as support groups please click this link.

If you are looking for information to assist in raising your child: We recommend you visit the websites Birth Mother Resources and Pregnancy And Children where you will find financial, medical and emotional resources to help you from the earliest stages of pregnancy, through labor and delivery, and into areas that will help with parenting. 

Pregnant women and Birth Mothers who need financial, medical, nutritional, health or other types of help such as support groups please click this link.

Why You Need an Adoption Consultant

There are many risks when you go to adopt a child including losing a child after you have already taken them home (referred to as a disruption), loosing all of the money you have invested in the adoption if the birth mother changes her mind, or finding that there are previously unknown or undisclosed fees that may appear. Dr Berger has helped thousands of  adopting families with domestic adoptions and international adoptions and he is available to assist you no matter what type of adoption you chose to pursue and regardless of whether you work with an adoption agency, facilitator or adoption attorney.  He can help you save your  time, effort and money in helping you to decide what routes to take and the best way to achieve your goal of adopting a child. He can help reduce your risks and potential pain and can help you avoid many of the problems and pitfalls found in the adoption process. You can read and download his free child adoption manual or, for more information on how he can help you, please visit his Adoption Consultant link or contact him by phone (1-800-943-0400) or email.

We hope that the above information and this website are helpful to you.  If we can assist you in any way, if you need information you cannot find, or if you simply have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or phone.

Dr. Vince Berger
and the staff of Adoption Services