All of your responses were quite helpful. Here is the situation. I found out about the ** from my husbands co-worker. His co-workers sister-in-law. She is due anyday and is a drug user (speed) the birthfather is currently in jail and her parents are drug users as well.
She has 1 previous born child which has been taken away from her by the state and is in foster care. The same thing will happen to this baby if I don't do something. We are talking to her this weekend about possibly stepping forward to adopt her child but I didn't have any idea how to start this process. If she does say yes to this when we speak on Saturday, you're saying that my first step on Monday would be to contact an attorney who specifically handles adoptions right? Then contact the facilitator? Or will the attorney handle that for me?
I am jumping out of my skin with this. Me and my DH have been married 10 years and have had 5 m/c and unable to carry to full term. We just started talking adoption when all of this was brought to our attention. My DH does have a 22 year old daughter and we have been blessed with a grandson. We went from the "ok we're ready to adopt phase" to a possible "baby in the house phase" in a matter of 3 days!
Thank you all soooo much for your advise! Please respond!
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