how long did your domestic adoption take from start to finish?
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Anonymous
| I know it varies greatly, but it'd be nice to hear some experiences regarding timelines-- and also if there wree any "failed" adoptions as well. |
Anonymous
| What do you count as the start and the ffinish? |
Anonymous
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start = initial application with an agency
finish= bringing baby home |
Anonymous
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We are not done yet. We submitted our application a year ago and just finished our home study. Now we are waiting to be chosen by a birth family. No idea how long that will take. In our state it will take 3-6 months after the baby comes home to finalize the adoption.
Good luck! |
Anonymous
| about 4 months but we were really fortunate. |
Anonymous
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After my clearance was complete (3 months) it took me 6 months to be matched. I was really, really fortunate to be chosen so quickly (especially being single, and mid-40's.) My match was also everything I had wanted! =)
Good luck! |
Anonymous
| 13 months for a domestic private (aka independent) adoption. We count the start as our first meeting with our adoption attorney. |
Anonymous
| 18 months, including a fail. |
Anonymous
| So, looks like one to two years is a reasonable expectation |
Anonymous
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In 2012 we surveyed FPA's new parents with one of the questions being the length of time to adopt. The median length of the 35 adoptions was 12 months. The survey write up can be found at ffpa.org.
While we all want to adopt sooner rather than later, the caution is to find the match that's right for you, the child and the birthparents. The right match trumps speed. |
Anonymous
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Six very long years
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Anonymous
Why so long? |
Anonymous
| three years, 2 failed adoptions. finally home with our baby. |
Anonymous
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Depends how you measure.
From first application with first agency to the birth of our son: six years. From being accepted by the agency we worked with as "waiting parents" -- ie, home study done, all forms in and approved -- to the birth of our son: 11 months, including one failed match. |
Anonymous
Two crappy agencies who took our money, one even suckier facilitator, several money sucking attorneys who all did nothing but have us wait and wait. Finally when we were about to give up we got a call for a private adoption and it worked out well (well, we fired two of the attorneys in the adoption). |