Adoption 101 (Types of Adoptions)

There are many kinds of adoptions.

There are independent adoptions where an adoptive couple does not use a placing agency to help them find their child. In a private independent adoption, they network and place advertisements to find a birth mother considering an adoption plan. In a public independent adoption, the family finds a child within the state social services system.

There are private agency adoptions where the adoptive couple hires an adoption agency to help them find a child who is not in the state social services system.

There are public agency adoptions where the adoptive couple hires an adoption agency to help them find a child who is in the state social services system.

Any of these types can be either domestic or international, although most international adoptions are neither independent nor private.

We are pursuing an international adoption through Guatemala with a placing agency, World Partners Adoption, in Lawrenceville, Georgia.