[guywithlove]

OK, I keep posting this message on the wrong sub-board. Here goes again....

Can anyone recommend an agency or method I should follow to adopt one or more girls, since I was told that agencies won't do it, and they won't normally tell you they won't do it for fear of discrimination lawsuits. I'd rather they shoot straight with me than waste my time letting me go through the process when it's not gonna happen. I feel the same void that childless couples feel, but have three stikes against me. I'm late 40's, single, and have wanted a daughter all my adult life. I've heard of single females with no kids adopting boys, but not the other way around. Is it done? Where? How? Has anyone gotten or heard of someone getting results by contacting family law and adoption attorneys? I'm not sure how that idea would work unless the parents wanted to avoid agencies for some reason and had plenty of time for the lawyer to find someone, somehow. Isn't that what they call 'private adoption' as opposed to agency adoption? Does it happen much? Any advice/stats is appreciated.