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Hi everyone, I have been lurking here for over a year, and have a question, sorry it's kinda long.
My DH and I are starting our classes to foster/adopt in May thru Riverside County. We would like to adopt eventually.
My uncle remarried, and his wife, I guess my aunt, has a sister. She gave birth in February to a boy she does not want to raise. She has four other children, none of which she is raising. Bio dad is unknown. My aunt calls me today asking if my husband and I would like the baby????
So, my question is this, how does this process work? What is the legal way to handle this? I don't want to drive to LA and just pick up this baby, that doesn't seem right at all.
Any advice from anyone would be greatly appreciated. We have already started the process with Riverside county, so we are in the system, just not completed yet. This baby is in another county, so I don't know how this will work.
I apologize for the length of this post, but my head is spinning right now.....thank you for reading my novel
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This wouldn't be an adoption through foster care, but a private adoption. You would need a private homestudy, rather than one through the state, and you would need to contact an attorney - get a Quad A attorney if you can (American Academy of Adoption Attorneys - their website is at [url=http://www.adoptionattorneys.org/]American Academy of Adoption Attorneys - Home[/url])
You may also want to post on the Adoptive Parents board rather than the Foster Care board.
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Beccam98
So, my question is this, how does this process work? What is the legal way to handle this? I don't want to drive to LA and just pick up this baby, that doesn't seem right at all.
You aren't allowed to cross state lines without the sending and receiving state approving it in adoption. Don't do even think about doing that before you speak to a lawyer at the very least, and I doubt you could do it before a homestudy was done.
Kind regards,
Dickons
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I did a private adoption using my foster/adopt homestudy. You'll need an adoption attorney. Since you are not moving across state lines, you don't have to worry about the ICPC. You could have guardianship papers drawn up and signed. Then take the baby home and start the adoption process.
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Get a notarized letter to start that gives you permission to seek medical care, etc. As a family member, you can think of it like if you were just caring for the child temporarily. Then find out how to proceed with a kinship adoption. I don't know the details, but the process is slightly different. You'll still have to do a homestudy, etc, but you should be able to work out the details.
Of course, you have to know that until they terminate their rights, they could change their minds, so I'd get on the legal aspect ASAP, especially if these aren't particularly stable folks.
Do you already have a SW you could contact to ask questions? That would be the best resource, I'd think.
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