[tay]

this is the situation.........

My husband sister is 31 years old. She has 2 children, the oldest boy(9) is living with the grandparents, her second child (11mths) was not being taken care of and got put into foster care. The 11th month old is being adopted by a cousin. The cousin works within a foster care/adoption agency (not sure) so shes pushing all her paperwork right through to get the adoption quicker for the 11th month old. We just found out that his sister is pregnant again. My husband and i want to adopt the child she is about to have. Right now she is 70% sure shes going to adopt. (BTW she only talks and goes through her mom.. So we dont have any contact with her)

Now that i told you all most of whats going on i have a few questions..

1. Is it easier to adopt when the adoption is in the family?

2. Is the cost just as expensive as a adoption of a child that you have to go through a agency?

3. Do we have to go through a agency and have lawyers and all the other things you need?

4. How long do a adoption take if its between family?

There is a little more that i forgot to mention. Most of my husbands family live in Oklahoma. Thats also where his sister live that pregnant now. (I'm not sure when she's due to have this Kid but i think she's 5-6 months pregnant.) We live in GA. We already have 3 boys. The baby she is having is a girl.

The sister at this point we dont know if she wants to give the baby up for adoption yet. I'm just trying to find out all information in case she do. I think she is going to give it up for adoption but its not set in stone yet.

5. Is it harder to adopt between states (ok and ga)

6. do they have websites that can give me more information

As you can see i dont know a thing. I want to know and want to be prepared.
Once she says yes, shes sure 100% she wants us to adopt.

7. What is the first thing we should do to get the process rolling?

Please help!!!

[bellazmama]

The first and most important step is to find a good adoption attorney who is familiar with family adoption. The interstate stuff isn't too hard. The costs should just be for the legal stuff unless she wants some financial support or has medical costs. Good luck!
Sarah