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To Adopt or Not to Adopt By: Emma Fox
In USA, adopting is governed under the Foster Care System by which adults are called foster parents that will extend care and supervision to minor children who doesn’t live with their biological parents. There is a particular set of procedural provisions under the Federal Law with regard to the process, qualifications and credibility of the adult before they can adopt or become foster parents. The Uniform Adoption Act of 1994 details a comprehensive and uniform state adoption code that sets the general provisions surrounding proper placement of minors for adoption and procedure for such adoption.
Generally, the act aims that such adoption must be consistent with relevant federal constitutional and statutory law that will uphold the safety, interest and welfare of the foster children. It further promotes the integrity and finality of adoptions while outlaying commission of crimes against the minors. So anyone who wants to adopt here in the US must first know the laws, provisions and acts that set the rules on how to adopt. The state official is also the one who will decide if a potential foster parent is capable and committed enough to care for the children.
For couples who are not blessed to bear their own children, becoming a foster parent to parentless child could be their choice to have one. In having the intention to adopt one, they must be prepared with all the process involving adoption procedure and requirements. This is done to ensure safety for the child as well as to the foster parent themselves. Along the process of waiting for the approval of their adoption, they will learn and ready their selves to become responsible foster caring adult like what biological parents does for their children.
One of the processes that adopting couples should expect is an extensive and required background search that will be conducted to them. This background search is aimed to check on all the records to know if they have criminal background on their names. This is for the purpose of preventing crimes especially sexual assault and offenses committed against the children. By way of a background check, the state official will thoroughly determine if the adopting parents are qualified and deemed harmless or not. This is stated under Section 106. Of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 which manifests that criminal records check for prospective foster adoptive parents is made with respect to the State for an application to be finally approved for placement of a child.
However, under the same section in the Act, in any cases in which a record reveal a criminal background of felony conviction of child abuse or neglect, including spousal abuse and other crimes and violation committed against children, such final approval shall not be granted. Furthermore, a criminal background of physical assault, battery or drug related offenses that had been committed within 5 years, no approval is also granted. But the state has the discretion to follow or apply these provisions in their local.
Moreover, once a complaint is raised against the foster parent for possible abuse of their foster child and such complaint has been proven to be true, the state have the right to terminate the parental rights for the foster parents. They have the right to intervene and get the child. This is the reason why an adoptive parent must be ready in all the facet of adopting, physically, financially, emotionally and psychologically.
Generally, the act aims that such adoption must be consistent with relevant federal constitutional and statutory law that will uphold the safety, interest and welfare of the foster children. It further promotes the integrity and finality of adoptions while outlaying commission of crimes against the minors. So anyone who wants to adopt here in the US must first know the laws, provisions and acts that set the rules on how to adopt. The state official is also the one who will decide if a potential foster parent is capable and committed enough to care for the children.
For couples who are not blessed to bear their own children, becoming a foster parent to parentless child could be their choice to have one. In having the intention to adopt one, they must be prepared with all the process involving adoption procedure and requirements. This is done to ensure safety for the child as well as to the foster parent themselves. Along the process of waiting for the approval of their adoption, they will learn and ready their selves to become responsible foster caring adult like what biological parents does for their children.
One of the processes that adopting couples should expect is an extensive and required background search that will be conducted to them. This background search is aimed to check on all the records to know if they have criminal background on their names. This is for the purpose of preventing crimes especially sexual assault and offenses committed against the children. By way of a background check, the state official will thoroughly determine if the adopting parents are qualified and deemed harmless or not. This is stated under Section 106. Of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 which manifests that criminal records check for prospective foster adoptive parents is made with respect to the State for an application to be finally approved for placement of a child.
However, under the same section in the Act, in any cases in which a record reveal a criminal background of felony conviction of child abuse or neglect, including spousal abuse and other crimes and violation committed against children, such final approval shall not be granted. Furthermore, a criminal background of physical assault, battery or drug related offenses that had been committed within 5 years, no approval is also granted. But the state has the discretion to follow or apply these provisions in their local.
Moreover, once a complaint is raised against the foster parent for possible abuse of their foster child and such complaint has been proven to be true, the state have the right to terminate the parental rights for the foster parents. They have the right to intervene and get the child. This is the reason why an adoptive parent must be ready in all the facet of adopting, physically, financially, emotionally and psychologically.
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