[midnighttang]

Originally Posted by startedover

the baby has not been born yet. What needs to be done so that the baby can come directly home to TN? There is no sw because the neice simply wants to hand the baby over to her aunt when the baby is born.

I think her best bet is talking to an adoption attorney. It should be relatively inexpensive if there is no agency involved, but I think your friend would still have to have a homestudy and would probably have to go to IN and stay waiting for ICPC to clear. I just looked up IN in The Complete Adoption Book and it says that familial adoptions "are handled the same way as nonrelative adoptions, except that written approval of an adoption agency or the Department of Public Welfare is not necessary." I think she should definitely talk to a professional in IN.