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How to Put a Baby Up for Adoption in Arizona
When it comes to putting a baby up for adoption, it's not just about the physical motions of turning your child over to an adoptive family. Putting a child up for adoption is an extremely emotional decision to make, so knowing all of the facts and feeling secure about the family you have chosen to adopt your baby is important.
The best way to begin the process of putting a child up for adoption is to know where you can turn for assistance. Putting your child up for adoption is a process full of legal processes and procedures. Working with an adoption attorney, who represents YOU, is a great place to start. These attorneys know adoption inside and out and can help you with every step on your journey from finding a counselor, to finding adoptive parents, and eventually to starting your child's life with their adoptive family. Attorneys like Kerry B. Moore can inform you of all the free adoption services available to pregnant teens and birthmothers and give you legal advice, all at no cost to you.
The First Step - Making the Right Decision
Before figuring out how to put your baby up for adoption, it's important to be sure that it's the right choice for you and your baby. Parents, and others close to you, are a good place to start discussing whether adoption is right for you. A counselor is also very helpful and knows that the decision isn't up to them, it's up to you. These individuals can help you sort through your emotions until you can come to a decision you will be comfortable with. A counselor can also help you figure out how to explain your choice to your family and friends.
The Second Step - Taking Care of Yourself
Putting your child up for adoption is a trying time. The last thing you should worry about is medical bills or where your next meal will come from. The State of Arizona provides services to help birthmothers in need with living expenses, food, travel, and medical expenses. Many birthmothers in Arizona are unaware that these can be covered by the adoptive family, and thusly struggle needlessly. The adoption process is not merely about the adoption itself, but taking care of you and your baby as well. Eating well in a stress-free environment and getting yourself regularly examined and treated during your pregnancy ensures that you will have the easiest and healthiest delivery possible.
The Third Step - Finding the Right Parents
When it comes to the adoption itself, Kerry B. Moore works with potential adoptive parents and can show you biographies of each family detailing their personalities and lifestyles. As the birthmother, you have the choice to be as involved or uninvolved as you wish. You can leave the decision up to an attorney or an agency, or you can look through each profile, speak with the adoptive parents personally, even meet with them after the baby is born, so that you feel comfortable about who your child will be starting their new life with.
The Fourth Step - Open or Closed
As it's up to you how involved you are in choosing the right parents for your child, you also have the decision to remain in contact with your child, or to remove yourself from their life entirely. In fact, if you wish to remain completely anonymous to both the child and the adoptive parents, you may; sharing only non-identifying information such as medical history that might affect the child. Or you can choose to write letters and send pictures to your child as it grows, including a letter explaining your decision.
The Fifth Step - The Birth of Your Child
During the birth of your child, the contact you have with your baby in the hospital is up to you. You may choose to have the adoptive family at the hospital when your baby is born. You may also choose whether you want the baby to be released directly into the arms of your baby's adoptive family. During this time, you may choose to have a little or as much contact with your baby as you wish. A loving, experienced adoption counselor will help you make these decisions well in advance so that there are no surprises and your adoption proceeds in a manner that is safe, comfortable and appropriate for you.
The Sixth Step - Signing the Papers
Once you sign the adoption papers, your decision to put your baby up for adoption is final. However, in Arizona, you cannot sign the final adoption papers until three days after birth. Even though you are encouraged to prepare for the adoption well in advance of the birth, there is always time to change your mind. You should never feel pressured or trapped into signing the adoption paperwork.
If you are considering putting your baby up for adoption in Arizona, but need help or have questions, contact Arizona adoption attorney Kerry B. Moore for the support and advice you need, at no charge to you.
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