Section
1: Adoption
Chapter 1: Understanding Adoption
- Legal Effects
- Birth Parents' Rights and Roles
- Extended Birth Family
- Legal Process
- Making the Decision to Adopt
- Preparing for the Adoption Rollercoaster
- Preparing for the Future
Chapter 2: Adoption Decisions
- Open versus Closed Adoption
- Domestic versus International Adoption
- Agency versus Private Adoption
- Finding and Choosing an Agency
- Finding and Choosing an Attorney
- Facilitators
- Affording Adoption
- Agency Evaluation Questionaire
- Attorney Evaluation Questionaire
Chapter 3: Adoption Procedures
- Home Studies
- Consent
- No Consent Needed
- Notice
- Timing of Consent
- Consent Procedures
- Revocation
- Adoption Court Procedures
- Postplacement
- Birth Certificates
- Adoption Financial Credits
- Family Leave
- Insurance and Planning for the Future
Chapter 4: Second-Parent Adoption
- Deciding to Adopt a Stepchild
- Qualifications to Adopt
- Preadoption Procedures
- Second-Parent Adoption Process
Chapter 5: Kinship Adoption
- Types of Kinship Adoption
- Adoption versus Guardianship
-Custody versus Adoption
-Adoption versus Foster Care
- Notice and Consent
- Kinship Agreements
-Agency Involvment
- Court Procedings
- Finalization
- Support
Chapter 6: Domestic Agency Adoption
- Public Agencies
- Agency Liability
- Private Agency Adoption
- Interstate Issues
- Ethnic Concerns
Chapter 7: International Adoption
- Choosing an Agency
- Choosing a Country
- Choosing a Child
- Dealing with Paperwork
- The Process
- Dealing with Immigration
- Citizenship
- Readoption
- Changes in Adoption Law
- International Agency Questionaire
Chapter 8: Parent-Facilitated Adoption
- Adopting Independently with an Agency
- How to Find a Birth Mother
- Facilitator
- Advertising
- Choosing a Birth Mother
- Contract with Birth Mother
- Payments
- Counseling
- Waiting for Your Child to be Born
- Paperwork
- Adjustment Period
- Choosing a Facilitator Questionaire
- Potential Birth Mother Questionaire
Chapter 9: Adult Adoption
- Evaluating the Need for Adult Adoption
- Restrictions
- Consent
- Legal Procedure
- Effect of Adult Adoption
Chapter 10: Single Parent Adoption
- Considerations for Single Parent Adoption
- Bias against Single Parents
- Home Studies
- Laws Governing Single Parent Adoption
- Raising Your Child
Chapter 11: Gay and Lesbian Adoption
- Single Parent Adoption
- Second Parent Adoption
- Couple Adoption
- International Adoption
- Finding Gay-Friendly Adoption Agencies
- Raising an Adoptive Child
Chapter 12: Coping With Adoption
- Dealing with Reactions to Adoption
- Dealing with Others Involved in Your Case
- Dealing with the Waiting
- Dealing with Doubts
- Changing Your Mind
- Bonding with an Adopted Child
- Dealing with Adoption Disappointments
Chapter 13: Raising an Adopted Child
- Celebrating Your Adoption
- Breastfeeding an Adopted Infant
- Talking to Your Biological Children about Adoption
- Raising Biological and Adopted Siblings
- Talking to Your Child About His or Her Adoption
- Keeping an Adoption a Secret
- Cultural Heritage
- Medical Issues
- Post Adoption Support
- Finding Birth Parents
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Section
2: Assisted Reproduction
Chapter 14: Understanding and Evaluating Reproductive Technologies
- Understanding Your Condition
- What Technology Can Do for You
- What Technology Cannot Do for You
- Understanding Terminology
- Finding Medical Professionals You are Comfortable With
- Success Rates
- Your Right to ART
- Initial Visit
- Setting Limits
- Privacy
- Coping with the Medical and Clinical World
- Your Rights as an ART Patient
- Making Time for ART
- Coping with ART
- Weighing Technology against Adoption
- Weighing the Use of Donors
- Ethical Considerations
- Financial Issues
- Singles and Assisted Reproductions
- HIV and Assisted Reproduction
- Being Gay and Using Assisted Reproduction
- Dealing with Risks
- Fertility Specialist Questionaire
Chapter 15: Insemination
- Laws
- Types of Sperm Donors
- Legal Parents
- Future Considerations
- Choosing a Sperm Bank Questionaire
Chapter 16: Egg Donation
- Finding a Donor
- Donation Process
- Cost
- Agreement
- State Laws
- Legal Rights
- Future Contact with the Donor
- Choosing a Clinic Questionaire
Chapter 17: Embryo Donation
- Finding a Donor
- State Laws
- Cost
- Agreement
- Issues
- Privacy
- Clinic Evaluation Questionaire
Chapter 18: Surrogacy
- Laws Concerning Surrogacy
- The Legal Process of Surrogacy
- California Procedure
- Surrogacy Programs
- Finding a Surrogate on Your Own
- Surrogacy Agreements
- Payment Issues
- Insurance Coverage
- Problems with Surrogacy
- Other Steps to Protect Yourself
- Choosing a Surrogacy Program Questionaire
Chapter 19: Emerging Technologies
- Nuclear Transfer
- In Vitro Maturation
- Cytoplasmic Transfer
- Cloning
Chapter 20: Cryopreservation
- Contract
- Cost
- Divorce
- Death of a Parent
Chapter 21: Raising an ART Child
- Explaining Things to Your Child
- Coping with Other People
- Medical Information
- Helping Your Child Locate His or Her Donors or Surrogates
Epilogue
Glossary
Appendix A: Resources for Adoption and ART
Appendix B: State Offices for Adoption Services
Appendix C: Forms |
