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Foster Care & Adoption

Foster Care & Adoption. Foster Care. Extreme cases of child abuse, neglect or death in a family The state becomes the legal guardian of the child Child’s parents retain limited legal rights. Foster Care. 500,000 children living in foster care in 2008.

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Foster Care & Adoption

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  1. Foster Care & Adoption

  2. Foster Care Extreme cases of child abuse, neglect or death in a family The state becomes the legal guardian of the child Child’s parents retain limited legal rights

  3. Foster Care 500,000 children living in foster care in 2008. Licensed families act as temporary parents Kinship care is placement with relatives who are not parents, must be licensed same as foster caregivers

  4. Foster Care Meant to be temporary-goal is to find permanent home The first goal is to attempt to provide family reunification. If child can’t return home the judge will terminate parental rights Adoption is common by relatives or others

  5. After Foster Care? Each year 20,000 young people “age-out” of foster care. No life skills or support system that their family raised peer have Highest risk of homelessness, substance abuse, domestic violence. 78% end up in adult criminal justice system

  6. Adoption Legal process by which an adult or adults become legal parent(s) of another person. Some adoption agencies are reluctant to place children with single parents, or bi-racial couples. Some states prohibit adoption by gay and lesbian couples.

  7. Public Agencies v. Private Public: charge very little. Private very expensive, work through “go-between” agents who work with foreign countries as well as pregnant women seeking to receive compensation for giving up their child at birth. Some states it is legal-go-betweens are licensed. Other states, call it black market baby peddling and it is illegal

  8. Legal Adoption Must apply to court to make it legal. Need an attorney to make sure no errors occur. Adoption agency submits a report to the parents and the agency seeks written consent from the birth parent(s).

  9. Legal Adoption Most states that approve adoption issue a temporary order. Agency or birth parents remain legal guardians until 6-12 month waiting period expires then they automatically become legally responsible parent of the child

  10. Surrogacy Woman, other than the wife agrees to be artificially inseminated by husband. Surrogate and the couple sign a contract before in which the surrogate consents to the adoption and transfer rights to parenthood. Adoption records are sealed. In most states laws have allowed access to children of adoption. Most states require a court order.

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