Book

Kasky, Robert A., author.

The ABA consumer guide to adopting a child : everything you need to know for a successful adoption / Robert A. Kasky and Jeffrey A. Kasky.

Chicago, Illinois : American Bar Association, [2016]

xiii, 107 pages ; 26 cm

Guides adoptive parents through the process of adopting a child and discusses the various types of adoptions, alerts readers to adoption scams, and guides readers in selecting a reputable attorney or adoption agency.

Includes index.

Adoption -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Popular works.

Adoptive parents -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Law for laypersons.

Handbooks and manuals.

Kasky, Jeffrey A., author.

Adoption basics -- Parties to an adoption -- Who may adopt -- "Open" and "closed" adoptions -- Services provided by adoption agencies and attorneys to adoptive parents -- Working with an adoption agency -- Services provided to birth parents by agencies -- The risks of adoption -- The home study -- Matching families with the birth parent(s) -- The waiting period -- The birth of the child -- Securing the consent to adopt from birth parent(s) -- After delivery and consent but before the birth mother is discharged from the hospital -- Discharge of baby from hospital -- Finalizing the adoption.

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