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You most definitely can do that. You have to find the birth mother, research her medical records, family life, reasons for placing her child for adoption, etc. Have an attorney draw up the paperwork and then go to court. The reason a lot of people go through agencies is because they have no clue where to find birth mothers and because they want to agency to take care of all the detective work and paperwork. Read some beginning adoption books; some have step by step instructions on how to do this. If you really don't want to pay that much for an adoption, please consider a child in foster care. Many times the state will pay for the whole adoption. Good luck!
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06/08 - First appointment with private adoption agency
10/08 - Completed foster parent/pre-adoption classes
02/09 - Switched agencies and submitted adoption application with DHS
05/09 - Home study approved and submitted for several waiting children
06/09 - Opened home to foster care placements
06/09 - Chosen to go to committee for a sibling group of four
08/09 - Not chosen at committee
09/09 - Passed on sibling group of 2
Happy Daycare Provider to 6 children: E age 7, Big C age 6, A age 6, Little C age 3, B age 2, and CJ age 1
Happy foster mom to 1 baby: Frank the Tank, age 9 mon (placed 6/17/09, RU set for Feb. 2010)
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