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I feel very lucky with my experiance. I completed my foster and adoption studies in about three months, and became licensed. For some reason I never was called for foster care, and about 7 months after being licensed I was called that I was matched with a 3 month old healthy baby boy! This was last May, and he came to live with me in July. He was not free and clear at that time, but it was a very low probability that he would not be able to be adopted. I have had him ever since, and the court date for the final adoption is next week.

I live in San Jose, Calif. Maybe my experiance was unusual, but for me this was an extremely easy way to adopt.