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SO my biological daughter goes to school with the sweetest little girl, who happens to be in the foster system with her 5 year old sister. I know that her parents have a year to get their act together before any adoption can take place. But I want to know if the year comes up and the parents haven't gotten their stuff together, is there any way I could adopt these little girls. I've been told that I need to start with foster classes and become a foster home before I'd be allowed to adopt. The problem with that is I don't really want to do that. I have a connection with these 2 children and want to help them have the love they need. I have 2 kids of my own and have helped 3 other families through surrogacy. Does anyone have any advice? :flowergift:
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I'm not an expert but from what I understand once the children are in the system there cannot be a private adoption or any other method of placing the children. You would have to go through the system just like the rest of us. I think if you are a close family friend the parents can name you as a non-relative placement option but even then you would need to go though the home study process. The classes aren't too bad. You should contact your local DCFS office or a private agency. They can tell you when the next group of classes are.
The children are already part of the system. It's possible they are in a concurrent home which means they get first priority if this goes to adoption. The only way you could get involved is to become licensed and call the social worker involved to state your interest and how you know the girls. You'd have to do that right now. You must take all the classes and be licensed though.
