Arkansas law requires a petition for adoption to include a list of any property of an adopted child, including the […]
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Be Clear on Adoption Expenses
The adoption journey has high points and low points. Hearing that you’ve been matched with an expectant mom or a […]
Second Parent Adoption in Arkansas
Stepparent adoption is the process of adopting a spouse’s child. If your husband has a child, for example, you can […]
November Is National Adoption Month
“Every child deserves to know the unconditional love of a permanent home. During National Adoption Month, we honor all the […]
Adoption and Citizenship
A troubling legal loophole has left thousands of internationally adopted children in the United States without U.S. citizenship, despite having […]
Adoption Tax Credit for 2025
The IRS allows adoptive parents to deduct the expenses of their adoption. For 2024 — the taxes you’ll file n […]
What’s a Post-Adoption Contact Agreement?
There is a basic difference between a closed adoption, where the birth parent may be anonymous and there is no […]
Are Birth Mothers Happy with Their Adoption Decisions?
In Dan Gilbert’s book Stumbling on Happiness, he reports that people are terrible at predicting which decisions will make them […]