Three Things to Remember for Adopting a Baby in California

Just like the other different states in the U.S, California possess its individual set of laws related to adoption and as is true in most states, residents in California who would like to adopt a child have different types of avenues to pursue in order to finish the process. A number of adoptions are mainly based on personal relationships for example when a stepparent is going to adopt the baby of their spouse. Other types of options for California adoption involve using an international or domestic adoption agency or going through the CDSS (California Department of Social Services). Enlisting the assistance of an adoption lawyer is considered as one of the most popular ways to fully understand the complicated legal process. Besides, an adoption lawyer will also let you know about the post adoption services.

For your kind information be informed that, you must need to do some kind of paperwork before adopting a baby in California. But sadly, most of the people really don’t have any knowledge or idea about it. Therefore, in this article, I will provide you three things that are mainly related to the adoption paperwork. These three things that you have to do as a part of paperwork can also be considered as the post adoption services.

Before going to adopt a baby in California, you have to fill out an adoption order very properly. This is highly important and without it you cannot move further. The adoptive moms and dads must need to fill out the ADOPT – 215 Adoption Order Form with essential details. The order mainly contains the basic information regarding the adoption. The rest parts of the order will be made use of by the judge during the adoption hearing and will definitely be filled out by the clerk if the adoption is an adoption of a native US child. The clerk will serve in this kind of adoption and other related documents on Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Now it’s time to submit the expenses. If the adoption is an international, agency or independent adoption, you have to submit the related expenditures on the Adoption Expenses Form which is commonly known as ADOPT – 230. This needs the following things:

1. Fingerprinting fees.
2. Court filing fees.
3. Pregnancy expenses.
4. Adoption services provider.
5. Counseling fees paid.
6. Adoption facilitator fees.
7. Transportation.
8. Adoption agency fees.
9. Legal fees paid.
10. Prenatal care.
11. The amount of money spent on hospital services.

In the state of California, many adoption agencies provide post adoption services. To know more about the above mentioned things, I would like to request you to find an agency that provides post adoption services and soon it will let you know all the costs for doing the paperwork.

Besides filling out the ADOPT – 215 adoption order form and ADOPT – 230 Adoption Expenses Form, you also need to fill out local or specific forms. Additional forms may be required by each specific local court and certain adoptions.

• If you are going to adopt a native US baby through any process other than a stepparent or domestic partner adoption, you have to fill out the following things:

1. ADOPT – 200 Adoption of Indian Child Form.
2. ADOPT – 225 Parent of Indian Child Agrees to End Parental Rights form.

To figure out if the local court needs some other documents, please try contacting your country clerk’s office. Make sure that you have his / her phone number.