An infertile couple who is adopting a child locates a birth mother and then asks an agency to take over the adoption process. This is an example of what type of adoption?

Question

A. agency adoption
B. independent adoption
C. international adoption
D. identified adoption
E. private adoption

Answer 1

D. identified adoption

Identified adoptions are those in which adopting parents locate a birth mother, or vice versa, and then ask an agency to take over the adoption process. Prospective parents who find a birth mother willing to give up her child can bypass the long waiting lists that most agencies maintain for adoptions and can perhaps be better assured that the adoption will proceed in an orderly and legal fashion. Agency adoptions occur when state-licensed and/or state-regulated public or private adoption agencies place children with adoptive parents. Independent or private adoptions are arranged without the involvement of adoption agencies. International adoptions occur when couples adopt children who are citizens of foreign countries.