Results for Intercountry Adoptions

Associate Professor Sonja Van Wichelen, sociologist and leader of the Biohumanity FutureFix research project in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences made the call in a paper published in the latest issue of Law and Society Review.

How exactly does the Department of State regulate international adoption? What are the agency's legal requirements? Learn more about the government's legal regulations here.

If you decide to adopt a child internationally, can you be certain that the child has been voluntarily relinquished for adoption by a parent or guardian who understands the permanency of adoption or is truly an orphan?

Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ), along with Representatives Janice Hahn (D-CA) and Donald Manzullo (R-IL), introduced H.R. 6027, the Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012. This legislation would combat fraud and improve transparency by requiring accreditation for all intercountry adoption service provides.

Since the dawn of intercountry adoptions in the United States post-1945 intercountry adoptions have...

A guide for prospective adoptive parents
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Kazakhstan
Adoption Notice: Kazakhstan’s Streamlined Reporting Requirements
The Ministry of Education and Science in Kazakhstan requests the submission of all outstanding post-adoption reports (PARs) for Kazakhstani children adopted by U.S. families. In accordance with Kazakhstani family law, adoptive parents must provide PARs every six months for the first three years after the…

A blog for birth mothers and adoptees to share feelings and opinions and vent.

A list of the best adoption movies ever made, ranked by movie fans with film trailers when available. This adoption movie list is ordered by popularity, so only the greatest movies about adoption are at the top of the list. If there are any great movies about adoption you believe we missed, p...

When it comes to talking about adoption, we must think more intensely about our language. Words have an impact on people’s lives. Read what DAI has to say.

To help kick off National Adoption Month, we're going to take it back to the basics of adoption this week with a series of Adoption 101 posts. Today, we'll start at the beginning with the

Amazing Grace Adoptions is a nonprofit, licensed adoption agency located in Raleigh, North Carolina. We provide a variety of services to those involved in th...

Use this National Adoption Day (11/23) to spark a conversation with someone who doesn't normally have much of a connection with adoption! Here are our favorite suggestions.

This November 9th, how can you support and bring awareness to World Adoption Day? Here are some ways to draw attention to the cause for World Adoption Day 2019, and ways to celebrate and honor your connection to adoption on this day, and every day.

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Putting our best foot forward when it comes to social media etiquette will benefit both the birth family and the adoptive family as they move ahead in adoption and the years to come.

According to the online Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, adoption is defined as being the act of adopti...

New Life Adoptions is a non-profit, Christian ministry to women in unintended pregnancies and a licensed adoption agency. We provide life-affirming alternatives and practical assistance to women and families facing unintended pregnancies. We offer free guidance, education, and adoption options.

List of the best blogs on adoption, broken out by type of adoption, country, special need.

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“Open adoption” is a well-known and often-used term when talking about adoption, but what does open adoption really mean? Because a birth mother has the freedom to choose so many aspects of an adoption, no two adoptions are ever quite the