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Missouri Adoption
We adopted our son in Missouri 14 months ago. (We are from another state, so I do not know if this makes a difference in the Missouri process) Our son's birthmom had to wait 48 hours to sign. It was done right before she left the hospital. I think it may be able to be done after 24 hours but the agency I went through wanted to give her the extra time. After she signed, we had to go to court to be awarded guardianship. After the court hearing, she could not change her mind. For us, we had to wait a week after our son's birth for the court hearing but that is just because it was over a holiday weekend. It may also depend on what county the hearing takes place in. Some counties are more adoption friendly than others (or so our agency told us). I know that Kansas City makes the birthmom show up for this hearing so we went to another county. We thought that it would just be too hard on our son's birthmom to show up for the hearing. Then 6 months after that, you have the finalization hearing. I hope this answers at least some of your questions.
I would also suggest that if you move forward with this adoption that you make sure that the birthmom gets some kind of counseling throughout the pregnancy.
Best of luck to you. I hope that it all works out.
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