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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