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Profile - adoptive families are asked to complete an autobiography. It is essentially the story of your life and includes childhood experiences, family relationships, marriage dynamics and infertility experience. |
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Medical Examinations - Medical examinations are required in order to insure the familiy is in good general health, have normal life expectancies and are able to physically and mentally care for a child. |
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Criminal Background Checks - Every family will go through
a statewide criminal background check. Some families, depending
on the type of adoption situations, will be required to be
finger printed and undergo SBI and FBI clearances. |
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Financial Statements - Financial records are required to
document that adoptive families can manage their current finances
and insure that adding another family member will not put
them in financial peril. While there is not necessarily a
minimum income that is required to adopt a child, the adoptive
family must show they can manage thier finances and are able
to accept a child into their home without undue financial
burden. |
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Copies of birth certificate, marriage license and divorce decrees - needed to legally establish your personal history. |
