Can a single person adopt a baby?
This is something that’s regulated by the states. There’s nothing federally that prevents a single person from adopting a child, or an unmarried couple. As many as a third of all adoptions go to single parents. But you have to pass a local jurisdiction’s criteria for adopting, and that can be hard for a single parent. You’d need to be able to prove that you can care for the child properly. But single parents raise their own children all the time. Single parents more likely to be able to successfully adopt a special-needs child or from foster care, who have a harder time being adopted. Sources: http://www.adopting.org/adoptions/single-parent-adoptions-why-not.
This is something that’s regulated by the states. There’s nothing federally that prevents a single person from adopting a child, or an unmarried couple. As many as a third of all adoptions go to single parents. But you have to pass a local jurisdiction’s criteria for adopting, and that can be hard for a single parent. You’d need to be able to prove that you can care for the child properly. But single parents raise their own children all the time. Single parents more likely to be able to successfully adopt a special-needs child or from foster care, who have a harder time being adopted.
