Adoption in the United States

The adoption in the United States (from Latin adoptio ) refers to the legal establishment of a parent-child relationship between the adoptive parents and the child without regard to the biological descent.

History

Substantive law

For adoption in the United States of America, the states have their own laws. It is customary to open adoption today. In many states, efforts are made to completely abolish the incognito adoption. The placement of adoptive parental couple (or adoptive parent) is usually (non-profit or for profit ) through an adoption agency, the wishes of the biological mother about the general profile of the adoptive parents (parent profiles ) can often be taken into account.

Adoption willing couples and individuals - in some states also: same-sex couples - can find a child through an agency; However, foster children are adopted to an increasing extent. In 2001 saw a total of 127,500 adoptions in the U.S.; in about 51,000 of these cases, a foster child was adopted. Widespread is the adoption of stepchildren.

For international adoptions is more common than in all other countries in the United States. In the year 2005 22.728 foreign orphans received a visa, which enabled them to enter their prospective adoptive parents in the United States. These children most frequently came from the People's Republic of China ( 7,906 children), Russia ( 4,639 ), Guatemala ( 3,783 ), South Korea ( 1,630 ), Ukraine ( 821 ) and Kazakhstan ( 755 ). Non- black girls are more popular than Black and boys.