Child Adoption Laws by State
In every adoption, the birth parent(s) and adopting family must comply with the adoption laws of each state, the laws between states, and the laws of the U.S. Government.
This should be taken care of by your adoption agency. However, if you want the specific information on the adoption laws of your state, please click the link in the chart below or visit ChildAdoptionLaws.com.
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Adoption Laws: State-by-State
Indian Child Welfare Act
The Indian Child Welfare Act applies to all 50 U.S. states. It is important if either the birth mother or the birth father has any Native American Indian heritage. If this is the case, your adoption agency will be able to take care of the details in meeting the requirements of this law.
Interstate Compact
The Interstate Compact Act is an agreement among all 50 U.S. states. The conditions of this Act must be met whenever a child goes from one state to another state for the purpose of adoption. As with the ICWA above, your adoption agency will be able to take care of the details in meeting the requirements of this law.
Financial Help
Several States (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin) and the District of Columbia have established "kinship care" or "relative caregiver" programs by statute to provide relatives with benefits to help offset the cost of caring for a placed child. Six States (Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee) address foster care payments for kin caregivers in statutes. In these States, if a relative meets the qualifications for being a foster parent, he or she may receive payments at the full foster care rate and any other benefits available to foster parents, whether in money or services.
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