While many prospective parents focus on adopting infants or young children, teenagers in the foster care system often face challenges finding their forever families. What these parents do not know is welcoming a teen into their family can bring unexpected joys and...
Parenting is a beautiful experience and if you are considering adopting a child, you are in for a fulfilling journey that will enrich your life in countless ways. It's important to remember that the adoption process is guided by North Dakota law, which outlines...
Increasingly, people are deciding that they want to be parents but not spouses. Single people can and do adopt children. While wealthy celebrities may have been at the forefront of single-parent adoptions, you certainly don’t have to be either of these things....
Parenting means the same thing whether you adopt or have a child biologically. It means you must make a permanent commitment to love, support and nurture another for the rest of your life. Although you may have planned to adopt for some time, it never hurts to...
Adopting a child that you care about will protect your relationship with the child and also give them increased stability. They can depend on you in a legal sense and could inherit from your estate even if you die without a will. However, adoptions are a family law...
When most prospective parents consider adoption, they often envision adopting a baby or relatively young child. The latter population isn't at risk of aging out of foster care and not finding a forever family if someone doesn't adopt them. Teens are. Many prospective...
Adopting a child is a monumental life event that can be extremely rewarding for your entire family. The impact that you will have on this child’s life once you make them part of yours will put them on a life trajectory that no one could have foreseen. If you are...
Marrying someone who already has children can lead to a bigger family very quickly. Often, stepparents develop very meaningful bonds with their stepchildren as the family gets used to its new circumstances. In certain scenarios, such as one where a parent has died or...
It isn't unusual for parents who foster a child to eventually seek to adopt their ward, and adoption is an excellent way to grow your family and give a child the family life that they deserve. If you are interested in the foster care program as a path toward adoption,...
When you know that you want to grow your family, then you may be interested in adoption. Whether you cannot have any children of your own or you would like to help a child in need, adoption can be a fantastic way to add a new family member and help a child. Adoptions...
