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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