[dad_again_4ever]

Yes, I do have a home study which was completed by a licensed marriage and family therapist(LMFT). He holds a doctorate and did a thorough research into our home/family life, interviewed our nearly grown children, etc. In addition, my wife, myself and our adult child were fingerprinted and had extensive background/criminal history checks.

After his exhaustive background checks, my wife and I were finally approved to adopt a wide variety of children--including special needs children.

We never used a social worker, but are willing to go that route in order to adopt.

I thank all of you for your vast quantity of helpful information. I am glad you helped me, as it is difficult to get this information from many state employees (with the exception of MA, CO, CA, and TX).

Thanks again.