Private Adoption In Virginia

, by Klima, Robert

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ISBN: 9781594677458 | 159467745X
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/30/2004

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Introduction

1. An Overview of Adoption in Virginia

(20)

1.1 Adoption in Virginia

(2)

1.2 Agency and Parental Placement Adoptions

(6)

1.3 Who May Place a Child for Adoption?

(1)

1.4 Other Types of Adoption

(2)

1.5 Facilitation Services are Illegal

(2)

1.6 Summary of the Legal Process

(7)

2. The Search

(16)

2.1 What are You Trying to Say?

(3)

2.2 Obtaining Counsel

(1)

2.3 Obtaining a Home Study

(1)

2.4 Preparing your Profile

(2)

2.5 The Dear Birth Mother Letter

(2)

2.6 The Body of the Profile

(1)

2.7 Photographs

(1)

2.8 Spreading the Word

(1)

2.9 Advertising

(1)

2.10 The Internet

(2)

2.11 Dedicated Phone Lines

(1)

2.12 Contact by e-mail

(2)

3. From First Meeting to Birth

(20)

3.1 Stay Calm. Be Smart

(2)

3.2 Conveying Compassion

(2)

3.3 How Much do I Reveal?

(1)

3.4 Getting the Information you Need

(2)

3.5 What if She Lives Far Away?

(1)

3.6 A Preliminary Understanding

(2)

3.7 Discussing Future Arrangements: Open Adoption

(2)

3.8 The Winfield Footnote

(1)

3.9 Discussing Present Needs

(2)

3.10 What Can be Paid For?

(5)

4. About Birth Fathers

(12)

4.1 A Different Breed

(4)

4.2 What if She Doesn't Know?

(2)

4.3 Why Not Conduct a Paternity Test?

(2)

4.4 The Out of Court Consent

(1)

4.5 Obtaining Service if No Consent is Signed

(3)

5. From Birth to Consent Hearing

(8)

5.1 Making Plans at the Hospital

(3)

5.2 Custody and Medical Authorization

(2)

5.3 Insurance

(3)

6. The Role of Attorneys

(8)

6.1 The Importance of Independent Counsel

(1)

6.2 Counsel for the Adoptive Parents

(3)

6.3 Counsel for the Birth Parents

(1)

6.4 The Guardian Ad Litem

(1)

6.5 Interstate Adoptions

(2)

7. The Home Study

(8)

7.1 The Purpose of the Home Study

(1)

7.2 Choosing the Agency

(1)

7.3 The Requirements of the Home Study

(6)

8. Other Concerns

105

8.1 Close Family Placements

105

(2)

8.2. The Interstate Compact on the Placement Of Children

107

(2)

8.3 The Indian Child Welfare Act

109

(1)

8.4 Contested Adoptions

110

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