What types of adoptions are there?
An individual or a couple interested in adoption can learn of a child available for adoption through an agency, or they might already know of the child. Adoptions come in several forms, including the following: • Domestic adoption • Adoption by a step-parent or co-parent • Adoption by a relative • Interstate Compact (adoption of child in one state by parents in another state) • Domestication of foreign (or intercountry) adoptions (when an adoption is finalized in another country, the adoptive family may elect to domesticate the adoption, or “re-adopt” the child after returning to the United States. This allows the child and adoptive family to easily obtain a Georgia adoption decree and a birth certificate from the Georgia Vital Records office.
