While looking for adoption options for your newborn baby, you might have come across something called “safe haven” laws. But what exactly are they? Safe haven adoption laws in Kansas and Missouri allow for a mother to relinquish custody of her healthy newborn baby to pre-approved safe locations and professionals without legal repercussions. Created as a response to tragedies stemming …
3 Questions You Have About Transracial Adoption in Kansas City
As you’re considering all the options available to you in adopting a child, you may wonder about transracial adoption in Kansas City — and whether it’s right for you. Transracial adoption is any adoption where the race or ethnicity of the adopted child is different from that of their adopted parents. An interracial adoption comes with all of the challenges …
Keeping Adoption Secret
In an ideal situation, the people in your life would be supportive and helpful in your decision to place your child for adoption. But that’s not always the case. Michael Belfonte and his partners at American Adoptions have experience working with pregnant women considering adoption who feel that keeping their adoption a secret is the only option available to them. …
Questions to Ask Adoptive Parents
If you’re ready to speak with a potential adoptive family about adopting your baby, you may not be sure what kind of questions to ask them or what you should look for in an adoptive couple. Of course you want to make sure that they’ll be the best possible parents for your baby. You have complete control over who raises …
Is Open Adoption Legally Enforceable in Kansas City?
The promise of post-adoption contact can be an exciting prospect for all involved in the adoption triad. However, you may worry that the other set of parents in the adoption may not keep up their end of the agreement, which can cause disappointment and concern over the effect on the central figure of the adoption — the adopted child. Some …
Can I Get My Child Back After Adoption in Kansas City?
Sometimes, when a birth mother is unsure of her adoption decision, she wonders “Can I get my baby back after adoption?” If you’re thinking this, it’s important that you consider your reasons for choosing adoption — and decide whether it’s actually the best choice for you. If you’re asking “How can I get my child back after adoption?” you may …
Your Choices Other than Abortion in Kansas City
When you’re facing an unplanned pregnancy, you have three basic options: to parent, to place your child for adoption or to have an abortion. It’s not uncommon for women to rush into an abortion decision. In the stress of first discovering an unplanned pregnancy, abortion may seem like a “quick fix,” but it’s actually not as simple of an option …