Domestic Adoption Vs. International Adoption

Domestic Adoption vs. International Adoption

People want to adopt for different reasons. A person or a couple decide to adopt domestically which is adopting child from the United States because they can receive a child at a young age and has access to the child health information. On the other hand, when a person or a couple decides to adopt internationally which means adopting a child from outside the United States but with a domestic adoption there is a possibility for the birth mother to ask for her child because she has a change of heart. Conversely, some couples choose to have an international adoption where there are no opportunities for the birth mother to change her mind.

In my essay, I would like to discuss the difference between domestic and international adoption. Having to work with a domestic private agency, the birth parents can have their child placed with an adoption agency. The birth parent may not want to work with the adoption agency so she decides to have an independent adoption which means she can have help with a lawyer for the legal process. During a domestic adoption the birth mother decides to choose the adoptive parents based on seeing the couple or parents pictures and their biography also having one on one meeting with the adoptive parents or couple. In the states a birth mother must sign papers to turn over her parental rights. "Davenport (2006) "Estimates say that 50% of mothers who starts the adoption process change their mind because she want to raise her child also she can change her mind before or after the selecting the family and having the adoptive parents or parents paying for her financial situation before or after birth" (p.11). When the child is adopted and the birth mother have to sign her parental rights over she still has six months to ask for her child back, this is a hard situation for a parent or a couple to go through that why they have to make sure that the birth mother is serious about the process. The birth mother will need an experienced adoption attorney if she wants to ask for her child back after her six months are over. Davenport (2006) "Working with an adoption agency sometimes the adoptive parents need just to apply and the agency with find a birth mother and show her personal background" (p.11). Once that process is over sometimes a person or a couple might decide if they want to have an open adoption which means they will have some contact with the birth mother such as sending pictures and writing letters also having one on meetings with the adoptive family. This will help an adoptive family with help with the child has questions about their adoption and the birth mother will be able to answer the questions from her personal experience. Davenport (2006) "Many adoptions professional believe having an open adoption will removes the mystery surrounding the adoption" (p.12).

Mintzer (2003) "On the other side, a couple or a parent decide to adopt internationally because