99 things you wish you knew before-- choosing adoption : your easy-to-read guide to adoption by Kasky, Robert A, Kasky, Jeffrey A instant download

99 things you wish you knew before-- choosing adoption : your easy-to-read guide to adoption by Kasky, Robert A, Kasky, Jeffrey A instant download

xxxv, 162 p. ; 21 cm, \"If you have ever been interested in adoption--as a prospective adoptive family, a birth parent, or even as an adoption practitioner--this book is for you! It addresses the mysteries and myths that surround and permeate the adoption process, simplifying them for the non-lawyer and keeping the reader entertained all the while. Fear not the adoption process! The Kaskys, with their 60+ years of combined experience, efficiently answer all of your questions in a straightforward no-nonsense manner\"--P. [4] of cover, General facts about adoption -- Risks of adoption and rights & responsibilities -- Birth parent expenses -- Interstate and Native American-Indian adoptions -- General court procedures and step-parent adoptions -- Consent procedure -- Special needs adoptions and subsidies -- Openness during and future contact after adoption -- Adoption miscellany -- Surrogacy and pre-planned adoption