Who can adopt?

The parameters for adoptive parents are fairly broad

Single or married
If you are married, you must have been married for at least 2 years
You may own or rent your home, as long as it meets the size requirements for your state
Ages vary from state to state, but a general age bracket is age 21 to age 55
No felony convictions- this can also include drunk driving and drug issues
Any race or religion

Not flesh of my flesh, Nor bone of my bone,
But still miraculously my own.
Never forget for a single minute,
You didn't grow under my heart - but in it
~Fleur Conkling Heylinger

If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. ~Bette Davis

The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician. ~Sydney J. Harris

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone

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