Private (Independent or Direct Placement) Adoption

• Preplacement Assessment (Home Study)
• Interstate Compact Director
• Temporary Placement
• File a Petition for Adoption (with appropriate forms)
• Seven day Accounting and Statement of Fees
• Terminate birth parents rights
• Children 14 years of age or older must consent to the adoption also
• Order formally placing the adoptee with the adoptive parents
• Post-placement supervision
• 21 day Accounting and Statement of Fees
• Order allowing fees and costs
• Order of adoption
• The new birth certificate is issued