[jkruse]

Hello Everyone,
My husband and I have done some more research and independent adoption is seeming like a good option for us.

Does anyone have any idea where we should start looking in Arizona. We are looking for a little girl infant to todler age who needs a wonderful loving family.

We have a biological two year old and have always wanted to adopt and now would be a wonderful time in our lives to do it.
My husband is working on his masters degree and has a full time job as an aquatic biologist. I am working torwards my bachelors and am an animal keeper for the phoenix zoo.

We have so much love in our family and would love to help a mother or couple not yet ready to provide a forever home.

We really would like some suggestions on where to start. We need to find a lawyer who deals with independent adoption to get the legal process going. But we need one who will notcharge a lot. We pay all of our bills and have left over but as a young couple we can not put up thousands of dollars all at once.

Also if anyone knows where we should start seeking out possible mothers or couples with children who need a home it would be a great help!

Thank you,
Jennifer, Mike, and Kayleigh

[JuliannaTeresa]

When you Adopt Independently, it is a process of who do you know?

There is a lot of Marketing involved, plus when you are matched the Birthmom usually or generally expects her living expenses and hospital or Medical Pre and Post Natal expenses to be paid for by you!

The Age range that you are looking at is very rare with an Independent Adoption unless you know people who know people who are expecting!

[nycfsa]

I disagree that it's difficult to adopt an infant domestically. My husband and I adopted an infant (in AZ, by the way) last year. We waited less than a year from the time our homestudy was complete until we were matched with his birthmother. We used an adoption attorney (not an agency) and placed ads in newspapers. We also got alot of contacts about toddlers when we posted our profile on parentprofiles.com. None of those worked out, though.