Penguin Adoption Handbook : A Guide to Creating Your New Family

by Bolles, Edmund Blair (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780670105106
• ISBN10: 0670105104
• Format: Hardcover
• Publisher: Viking Adult

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Thinking About Adoption
Why People Adopt	p. 3
The Adoption Maze	p. 11
How You Can Adopt	p. 21
Traditional Clients	p. 23
Untraditional Clients	p. 26
Adoptions Through Established Ties	p. 42
Adoption Around the Country	p. 46
The Children	p. 56
Newborns	p. 56
Newborns in Trouble	p. 60
Waiting Children	p. 62
Finding A Child
Adoptive-Parent Associations	p. 87
Services	p. 90
Issues	p. 94
The Agencies	p. 100
International Adoptions	p. 123
Issues	p. 126
Independent Adoptions	p. 145
Charlatans	p. 159
Adoption Exchanges	p. 161
Working with the Law
Adoption Law	p. 169
Legal Assistance	p. 170
Adoption Across State Boundaries	p. 176
Parental Rights and Responsibilities	p. 178
Difficult Cases	p. 180
State Variations	p. 183
Legal Quagmires	p. 189
Legal Issues	p. 194
Constitutional Rights	p. 199
Foster Homes
Foster Care Explored	p. 203
Adopting Your Foster Child	p. 226
Final Issues
After Placement	p. 235
Genetics	p. 239
The Adoptive Family	p. 246
Appendix Directory of Parent Associations	p. 255
Index	p. 259
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