Birth Mothers Choose Adoptive Parents

When a birth mother decides to implement an adoption plan, the next step requires her to express preferences as to various characteristics of prospective adoptive parents. Such preferences can include religion, size of family, hobbies and interests. Once the birth mother decides these facts, the birth mother will be presented with profiles from various prospective adoptive families. A profile is a unique portrayal of their family created by each prospective adoptive family.

Once the birth mother has selected the family she would like to parent her child, the family and the birth mother are encouraged to freely communicate throughout the pregnancy, through either personal meetings or by telephone. Through open communication a warm bond is established between the birth mother and her chosen family. Such a bond provides the birth mother with a genuine sense of contentment about her adoption decision while enabling the adoptive family to become secure with the birth mothers’ commitment to the adoption plan.

Both Michael A. Shorstein & Brian T. Kelly are Board Certified Adoption Attorneys and are active members of the Florida Adoption Council and the prestigious American Academy of Adoption Attorneys.

The AAAA is an association of attorneys, judges, and law professors in the United States and Canada who are dedicated to the highest standards of practice in the field of adoption law.