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Frequently Asked Questions About
Adoption
Do you have questions about the
adoption process? Below you'll find answers to many questions
frequently asked about adoption by pregnant women and others
considering adoption. If you don't find the answers to your
questions,
please contact
us and
we'll answer any questions you have.
Call to speak to a caring coordinator
now by dialing
1-800-923-6784
Click on any question below to read the answer.
1.
Why choose Lifetime Adoption Center?
2.
Are there any costs to me?
3.
Why choose adoption?
4.
Is it selfish to consider adoption?
5.
How are adoptive families screened?
6.
Is open adoption safe & legal?
7.
What is Open or Semi Open Adoption?
8.
If I don’t see a family on the site that meets my
needs, do you have other families to select from?
9.
What if I go into labor, can you work with me from
the hospital?
10.
Can I select a family from a state other than my own?
11.
My child is older; do you have families that are
interested
in older children?
12.
What age range are most of your birth mothers?
13.
I am married and the father of the baby is not my husband.
Can you help?
14.
Some of my friends say I should keep my baby and
that
children belong with their birth parents, what should
I do?
15.
I’ve
been dating the father of my baby. Wouldn’t it be
better if we just got married and tried to raise
the child
together even if I don’t love him?
16.
What if my child has a disability or medical problem,
do you have adoptive families available? I don’t
want my child put into foster care, can you help?
17.
My child has been removed from my home and is in
foster
care now, but my rights have not been terminated,
can I still work with your program and find a family
to
adopt my child?
18.
I am a single parent and facing a prison sentence
of
quite a few years. Can you help me find adoptive
parents for my children, even though they are not
newborns?
19.
My parents are kicking me out of the house because
I
am pregnant. Do you have a home for mothers or a
place
for me to go?
20. My baby will be African American-do you have black families available?
21. At the hospital, will I be able to hold my baby, or will they just take her away?
22.
Can I select a family not in my state to adopt my baby?
23.
So what's the next step?
24.
How soon can I see waiting couples or match with an adoptive family?
25. Is there counseling available for me in my home state?
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