About how long does the process take to adopt a child?
Seriously, it can take from several months to several years. You have a homestudy done, which requires you to assemble a lot of documents and you have meetings with a social worker. Sometimes you’re required to attend classes. That takes a few months. Then if you’re doing international adoption you put together a dossier (more paperwork gathering) and get immigration approval, whic will take a couple of months. Lastly, you sit and wait for a referral which can take from a few weeks to a couple of years depending on what country you’re working with and what age/gender of child you have requested. From what I understand, adopting a child from foster care is pretty quick, but then again, I’ve heard that finalizing it takes a long time. I would suggest you get started by just reading forums at websites like adoption.com If you are concerned about ethics in adoption, then you want to watch how much you emphasize the speed of the process. I know a lot of adoptive parents who choose a program
