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Originally Posted By Lisa

We have just decided to look into adoption. After 2 years of fertility treatments with no results we decided to try adoption. We are not sure where to start. We live in Michigan. I am 35, husband is 37. Looking for a child between 2 and six years old. Any help would be appreciated. Just need to be steered in the right direction.

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First, you need to decide whether to adopt domestically or internationally. Usually international adoptions are quite costly, have multicultural considerations, but allow folks to adopt in a relatively short time. Domestic adoptions can either be done independently (costly) if you are seeking a baby or special needs adoptions which can be free or very inexpensive and which include adoptions of children over the age of 2, minority kids, or children with medical/emotional problems or sibling groups.

Check out some of the following links:

http://www.adopting.org/start.html
http://www.adoption-assist.com
http://www.adopting.org/hstudy.html

Find a support group near your home...
go to http://www.adopt-usa.org
Put in your state and search for adoptive parent groups.
To find agencies near your home, go to the same link and put in your state and look for local public agency (special needs) or licensed private agency.
Also check agency working with any state at
http://www.adopt-usa.org/resources/ResourcesInUSA.html

Also, if you do not already belong to our active, online support group for adoption, join at:
http://www.surrogacy.com/online_supp...opt/adopt.html