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Adoption by Family Type
Many different types of families adopt. Find resources for specific types of adoptive families, including single parents, families formed by second-parent adoption, families with stepparents, transracial/trancultural families, kinship or relative families, military families, and LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) families.
- Single parents
- Second-parent adoption
- Stepparent adoption
- Transracial/transcultural families
- Kinship/relative families
- Military families
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) families
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| Who May Adopt, Be Adopted, or Place a Child for Adoption? : Summary of State Laws | |
| Series Title: | State Statutes |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 326KB) |
| Year Published: | 2009 - 36 pages |
| This briefing reviews State laws regarding parties to an adoption. Statutes dealing with who may adopt, be adopted, and may place a child for adoption are identified for each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S Virgin Islands. | |
| Adoption USA: A Chartbook Based on the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents | |
| Author(s): | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Vandivere, Malm, Radel |
| Availability: | View Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
| Year Published: | 2009 - 91 pages |
| The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) is a nationally representative survey of U.S. children under age 18. In each sampled household, one child under age 18 was randomly selected. A parent or guardian knowledgeable about the child's health answered questions by telephone regarding the child's and the family's health and well-being and provided information about demographic characteristics. The 2007 NSCH includes information on 91,642 focal children, representing 73.8 million children throughout the United States. | |