Is there a difference between public and private adoptions?
Adoptions can either happen through an Ohio County’s family services or through a private agency. Private agencies typically handle adoptions that in which the birth parent(s) of the child give their voluntary consent for the child to be adopted. Public agency adoptions typically deal with situations in which the child in foster care and the parental rights have been completely severed. Private adoptions almost always include substantial fees as opposed to public agency adoptions which can be relatively inexpensive.
