On January 2006, Magaly and Marisol arrived at La casa de misericordia. I remember them being so close to each other and seeing how marisol a 4 year old girl looked up to her sister magaly a 9 year old girl at the time. Magaly and Marisol got attached to an American family from Georgia who were thinking about adopting the sisters. The american family would come and visit them three to four times a week. They all seemed like a happy family.…
Adopting a new family member is a major undertaking—one that requires patience, perseverance, and a whole lot of know-how. Whether you’re adopting through an agency or privately, it is essential you retain the services of an adoption lawyer to guide you through the process. From locating an agency to courtroom representation, an adoption lawyer will provide you with the legal backing and counsel you deserve. If adoption is in your future, the following entry will help you locate a qualified and reputable attorney. How to Find a Reputable Adoption Lawyer Recommendations…
For the past few months my husband and I have been working on our case for step-parent adoption and termination of parental rights based on abandonment and abuse of my son. We cannot afford an attorney so we have been using every bit of education and resources we have ever obtained in our lifetime to have this case heard in Circuit Court in Florida. We were left dumbfounded as we were denied a hearing based on lack of jurisdiction (the other party lives in Michigan) but was told to consult an attorney for the court could not give any more information. We had to go back to the drawing board. One might think that a process in a court system would only involve the individual parties bringing action against another which would not consist of…
Myth: There are not enough loving families that want to foster a child. Fact: There are more families that consider foster than any other form of adoption. Blog Idea: There are many people that believe there are not enough loving families in the area that are willing to foster a child. However, in 2012, Harris Interactive and The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption directed a study that shows 1 in 5 American adults or around 47 million Americans have considered adoption from foster care.…
Adoption counselors are a type of counselor that deals with all aspects of the adoption process. They work with the family that is going to be adopting the child, and they work with the biological parents of the child. They help everyone through the adoption. Adoption can be an extremely difficult thing for everyone included in the situation; It is very emotional and stressful. The counselors are there to help everyone get through it.…
The age group that I am drawn to working with are children. I’m interested in working in two different areas which are foster care and adoption agencies. I have always had a passion for working with children ever since I was a young girl. Before I found out about becoming a social work, I was going to school for elementary education. Once I completed 2 years I knew that elementary education was not the path I wanted to take when working with children.…
An abundance of women are seeking to adopt babies because they cannot have their own. If Planned Parenthood was defunded, the doctors could begin advocating for adoption as an affordable option, rather than the pricy abortion procedure. The woman carrying the child will not pay anything for the pregnancy and birth; the adopting family will cover those expenses (Adoption, n.d.). Adoption costs nothing to the woman carrying the baby because the adopting family will cover the cost of the pregnancy and birth. An abortion can cost up to $2000 (Adoption, n.d.).…
Problem Statement: As a result from the 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), adoptions from foster care have increased since 1998 (Festinger & Maza, 2009; Houston & Kramer, 2008). Kinship and non-kindship assist in providing successful permanency outcomes for children in the child welfare system, however it is important to note that because children were adopted from foster care, the family is likely to endure stress and discord due to the child’s history of abuse and neglect (Houston & Kramer, 2008). Over the course of a child’s journey in foster care, children experience stress and trauma resulting in becoming at risk for developing psychological disorders (Pecora, P. J., White, C. R., Jackson, L. J., & Wiggins, T. 2009). A direct…
Should the Supreme Court allot equal adoption rights across the border in all 50 states for gay and lesbian couples to file legally as joint parents similar to heterosexual parents? Petitioners of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Transgender (LGBQT) community repeatedly fight for equality but remain to be a silent voice in the court system. Legally, same-sex couples are issued the right to get married and file as husband and wife in a civil union. Concerns that are targeted on religious beliefs, the safety of the children and development issues are problems that rise in this case approval. Adoption agencies require basic qualifications that specifically target marital status, age and residency of the individual.…
Opponents are concerned about the child 's care while being in foster care and they are scared that foster parents are taking in children because of the money they receive from the government, not because they care about the child. According to Patricia George, author of the article ¨Point: The Foster Care System is Flawed and Should be Eliminated¨ states, between the years of 2003 and 2007 in Texas, fourteen children passed away due to abuse by foster parents (3). Stories that include death of a child by a guardian are sure to scare people into questioning the system. A goal adherents have is to keep this system running because it puts children in a somewhat safer environment.…
Personal Narrative Not all children who are in the foster care system are adopted. As a child becomes older, his or her chances also become smaller. Siblings are often separated into different homes, sometimes depending on age or gender. However, when I was nine, I was adopted with my younger brother.…
It’s a story about a two married couple who adopted four kids legally and opened their home for more than 40 foster kids. Kelly is a foster parent and once was a foster child, she said she saw how hard it was not to have a permanent home. When she was young she said to herself that she wants to adopt someday and the first time she holds a baby she knew she wants to become a parent. She wanted to become a foster parent so bad and her husband Jeff jumped on board and these couple created a home for foster children. I like what these couple did but to me I think as much as I want to be a part of this practice I just think that there should be a limit of how many kids a person or a family can adopt from foster care because even though they just…
In a perfect world where there is no evidence of sin, children would be born into loving families with both parents. Unfortunately for some children this is not reality because of the fallen world we live in. So many children are born into families that were not willing or prepared to care for them. Thankfully, there are people full of love and compassion willing to open not just their homes but their hearts to a child. Should it matter that they are single?…
Imagine growing up with another mother, father, or no one at all. Consider the thoughts of being aware that someone gave up a child. Today, there are numerous of children either living inside a foster home or with someone other than their biological family. The act of adoption gives an opportunity for these children to be placed with a family with open arms. Based on The Gale Encyclopedia of Children’s Health: Infancy through Adolescence, adoption serves to provide children under eighteen with a permanent, legal, or non-biological parent(s) after the child has been legally relinquished at birth, orphaned, or legally removed from the custody of an unsuitable parent(s).…
The adoption of children has remained a controversial topic, with multiple inquisitions that require critical thought. Child adoption refers to the permanent transfer of the rights of a child from the biological parent to adopting parents. Various nations have established strict guidelines on the adoption of nationals to ensure that adoptees are placed with foster parents with sufficient qualities and reasons for the adoption (Blotcky 282). As opposed to guardianship, biological parents in an adoption do not intervene with regards to the care and growth of the child. In the United States, there are approximately over a hundred thousand cases of child adoption annually.…