Once the decision is made to adopt, most important is where to go for the correct information and proper guidance?
One can approch or contact any Adoption agency or Voluntary Co-ordinating Agency
The agency will provide not only the factual data, but also the psychological, emotional & moral support which you will need as one go through the process of adoption.
Adoption agencies and Voluntary Co-ordinating Agencies employ professional social workers whose role is to arrange for as smooth and untraumatic a placement for a child with her adoptive parents as is possible. The social workers know where children are, and how to ensure that they are legally free for adoption, so that later on there are no claimants for them.
It is strongly advised not to arrange private adoptions through hospitals and medical practitioners. One can find it very easy because the procedure does not involve any paperwork but it may lead to a serious problem in the long run. The problems may come from the child's Biological parents.
The paperwork related to the adoption are not too complicated or lengthy. Procedure of adoption
At the first meeting with social worker basic information on adoptions will be received.
Once the papers are ready, the social worker visits home.
A detailed report about the adoptive family is produced by the social worker to the agency.
Recommendations
The age difference between the adoptive parents and the child should not be more than 45 years. This is important because the physical and emotional energies required for parenting diminish with advanced age.
The couple should have been married for at least five years to attest for the stability of the relationship except in Special cases.
The couple should have a regular source of income. This is just to ensure the future of a Child.
The role of social worker is very important during the process of adoption and is termed as "playing God" in the life of the destitute, abandoned baby. The Social worker actually works with God towards the rehabilitation of the child.
When a couple approach an agency, they may have a lot of anxieties and misconceptions about the process of adoption.
The agency's responsibility is to give information about procedures, regulations, legal aspects, the time invlovement and the approximate cost of the entire process. These costs are normally the professional fees or service charges of the agency, pre-adoptive childcare, medical costs, and legal fees.
