Who Needs to Complete a Home Study?
Any individual or couple who wishes to adopt a child (birth through 21 years domestically; birth through 16 years internationally) must successfully complete a home study investigation and be approved as an adoptive parent(s). Persons intending to adopt a child through any of the following adoption processes must have a home study investigation conducted:
- Kinship Adoption - The adoption of child who is biologically related to the prospective adoptive parent(s) (e.g. niece, nephew, grandchild) in the United States or in a foreign country.
- Step-Parent Adoption - The adoption of the child(ren) of his/her spouse.
- Second Parent Adoption - The adoption of the child(ren) of his/her life partner.
- Foster Care Adoption – The adoption of a child(ren) who is the prospective adoptive family’s foster child(ren) and whose birth parents rights have been terminated by the court.
- Public Domestic System Adoption – The adoption of a child(ren) who is in the care of the foster care system whose birth parents rights have been terminated by the court and whose foster parents do not wish to adopt him/her.
- Private Domestic Agency Adoption – The adoption of a baby with the support and guidance of an authorized/licensed adoption agency. The birth parent(s) voluntarily surrender their custodial rights to the adoption agency who then provides the adoptive parents with physical custody of the child. The adoptive family receives legal custodial rights to the child upon adoption finalization in the courts.
- Private Domestic Independent Adoption – The adoption of a baby privately through an agreement between a birth parent(s) and adoptive family. The adoptive family matches with a birth family by themselves and makes arrangements for the adoption with private attorneys. The birth parent(s) voluntarily surrender their custodial rights to the child and the adoptive family is granted guardianship.
- International (aka Inter-country) Adoption – The adoption of a child(ren) from a foreign country. All international children qualify for adoption as orphans.
Family Connections, Inc., is an authorized New York State Adoption Agency that has been providing home study investigation services for all types of adoptive families since 1994. The agency would welcome the opportunity to support your family as you complete your home study investigation. Please contact our agency at 607-756-6574 or 1-800-535-5556 or renee@adoptfamilyconnections. We look forward to supporting your home study needs.
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