If you are looking to adopt a child, you need to find an adoption agency who can help you with your quest. Not all adoption agencies are made the same though, so you need to find one that fits your needs and has a good track-record of facilitating healthy adoptions. 

Find Out How Long the Agency Has Been in Business

First, find out how long the adoption agency has been in business. Find out what type of track record the agency has with placing children. Look up reviews on the process and find out what other adoptive and birth parents have to say about working with the adoption agency.

An agency doesn't have to be around for a long time to develop a track records; find out what you can about others experience with the agency. Have your family law attorney run a background check on the agency as well to make sure that the agency doesn't have a history of complaints against it from either adoptive parents or parents who are putting their child up for adoption. 

Ask About the Resources They Provide Birth Parents

Next, find out what resources they provide to birth parents. You want to work with an agency that treats the birth parents who come to them well.

The agency should provide counseling to birth parents so that they can work through their decision and make sure that they are comfortable and confident in their choice. They should help birth parents access health-care resources that will help ensure that the baby is born as healthy as possible.

The agency should also help birth parents pick and choose the adoptive parents and be as involved in the adoptive process as they want to be.

Ask About the Resources They Provide Adoptive Parents

Next, find out about what resources they offer adoptive parents. How do they help adoptive parents present themselves to birth parents? Do they help you create a portfolio or file of yourself to present to adoptive parents? Do they provide parenting resources to help you navigate becoming an adoptive parents?

Find out About Their Screening Process

Then, find out about their screening process. You want to work with an agency that goes through an extensive screening process. They should run a background check on you and your spouse. You should have to go through a home inspection and a very intensive vetting process.

Get a Breakdown of Financial Fees

Finally, make sure that you get a breakdown of the financial fees that you are going to face. Make sure that all of the financial fees are explained in detail to you. Have o

When looking at adoption agencies, you want to work with an adoption agency that has a track record of success. You want to work with an agency that fully supports both birth parents and adoptive parents through the adoption process. You want to work with an agency that is up-front about financial fees and costs.

Finally, make sure that you contact a family lawyer to help you out. A family law attorney will help you and make sure that everything is legally correct with the adoption agency that you want to work with. You don't want to compromise your adoption with illegal tactics; a family law attorney can help make sure that doesn't happen.