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Old 09-17-2006, 09:37 AM
jaenelle jaenelle is offline
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Originally Posted by creatively
Thanks for your post, Ela. I've been surprised to hear how quickly you and others have been able to adopt domestically. We have heard we should expect to wait at least 18 months, if not longer, to complete the entire process (including the home study). The idea of possibly having a little one in under a year is wonderful!

If you don't mind my asking, did you do a closed or open adoption? We are very concerned that if we adopt domestically, we will have a hard time finding an agency that will do a closed adoption.

Thanks!

You're not going to have much luck finding an agency that will do completely closed adoptions. Most of them encourage a lot of contact with birthfamily members. About the least contact you're going to find is sending the birthfamily pictures and letters a couple times a year.
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