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Adoption Options At-a-Glance: A Companion Guide for Families
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet provides basic information about adoption options in a table format. It focuses on the choices between domestic and intercountry adoption, domestic infant or foster care adoption, and licensed private agencies, independent adoption, or facilitated/unlicensed agencies. A description of how the placement process will vary for each type of adoption is provided, including agency oversight, termination of parental rights, child characteristics, cost, and potential wait times.
By: U.S. Department of Human and Health Services
Adoption Options: A Fact Sheet for Families
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet provides basic information about adoption options. It focuses on the choices between domestic and inter-country adoption, domestic infant or foster care adoption, and licensed private agencies, independent adoption, or facilitated/unlicensed agencies. A description of how the placement process will vary for each type of adoption is provided, as is a list of resources.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Adoption Services
(Separate Website)
By: SC Department of Social Services
Are You Pregnant and Thinking About Adoption?
(Separate Website)
Written for pregnant women who are considering placing their child for adoption, this fact sheet provides practical information about adoption alternatives. It describes the benefits of counseling and reviews the different types of confidential and open adoption arrangements. Tips for working with adoption agencies, independent attorneys, and adoptive parents are included. Special considerations for babies of color also are discussed.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Brochure 2475 - Important Information About Nonrecurring Costs for Parents Who Have Adopted a Child
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: SC Department of Social Services
Children and the Law
(Separate Website)
No relationship is more important than the one between a parent and a child. Many laws affect this relationship, including laws about the duties of parents to their children, how fatherhood is proven, and many more. PDF document (may load slowly).
By: South Carolina Bar Association
Children's Law: List of Online Publications
(Separate Website)
Long list of online resources offered by various organizations for topics within Children's Law, directed at the layperson as well as attorneys and judicial officials. Most resources are in PDF format and may load slowly.
By: USC Children's Law Office
Children's Law: List of Written Resources
(Separate Website)
South Carolina residents may order publications on line (excluding manuals). Out of state practitioners may call 803.777.1646 for price information. A link to the online order form appears at the end of the resource list.
By: USC Children's Law Office
Foster Care and Adoption for Waiting Children
(Separate Website)
Written for prospective foster and adoptive parents, this fact sheet explains why children are placed in foster and adoptive homes. Steps in the application process are described, as well as basic responsibilities and requirements for foster and adoptive families. Foster care reimbursement and adoption subsidies also are discussed.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HIV and Family Law
(Separate Website)
The most exhaustive survey available of family law issues associated with the HIV epidemic.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Questions to Ask Before You Hire An Attorney for a Domestic Violence or Family Law matter
(Separate Website)
Questions and answers about hiring an attorney, fees and costs associated with taking legal action, and more.
By: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
The Rights of Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children
(Separate Website)
This document reviews legal trends and law affecting the security of parent-child relationships between lesbian and gay parents and their children. It focuses on custody and visitation after divorce, adoption, other protections for parent-child relationships and intended families, and related constitutional issues. The document is available in PDF format only.
By: LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund
Adobe Acrobat Reader required. (If you are using a screen reader that does not support PDF format, copy the PDF link, and use the Access Adobe online form to convert this file to HMTL text.)
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