No two adoption journeys are exactly the same, just like no two children are exactly the same. The length of time it will take to adopt your child varies due to a number of different factors. Individual situations and preferences on your part and on the part of the expectant ...

Second-parent adoptions have been around longer than many people realize because up until 2017, they had not been legalized in all 50 states. DC, for example, legalized second-parent adoptions over 20 years ago, which has led to the establishment of laws to protect all...

A second parent adoption happens when a second parent obtains complete parental rights without the “first parent” losing any rights.

As an egg donor, you have the opportunity to become an important part of a recipient family’s journey toward parenthood. Egg donors provide eggs to a family to facilitate pregnancy. The pregnancy can be carried to term by the future mother or a surrogate who carries the child...

During the public agency adoption process, mediation may be held between an adoptive family and the child’s family of birth. Mediation helps resolve potential conflicts in open adoptions, where the families are aware of one another’s identities.

Mediation is a collaboration...