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The post-placement report process usually consists of a visit to the home, and an assessment of the family's adjustment by a qualified social worker. This is also a time for the social worker to answer any questions or concerns the family may have.

Each country has specific information they request to ensure that your child is thriving in their new home, developing on track, and healthy. Post-placements reports are generally required at standard intervals after the child is adopted. With Hope and Love Adoption Agency requires 6 post placement visits.

Adoption Finalization

Adoption finalization is required if your child enters the United States on an IR-4 visa. Please check with your placement agency in order to determine if your child’s adoption needs to be finalized. If so, it is a fairly simple process. Families are able to file their own paperwork or they can hire an attorney to file the paperwork for them.

Your adoption is not legally complete until you have gone through the finalization process. Finalization hearings usually take place within a year of the time the child is placed in the home. Hearings usually last from 30-60 minutes and establish the new legal relationship, and confirm your willingness and ability to provide for your new child.

The court will seek to establish that the child has been placed in a loving, secure home. You should be prepared to present all information included in your adoption petition, and to answer questions about why you want to adopt, how you will care for your child, how your family is and will continue adjusting, and anything else the court feels is relevant.

Re-Adoption

When families adopt a child internationally all of the child’s original paperwork is written in the foreign language with an English translation attached. Some families are concerned that it might be more difficult for other states to recognize that the adoption has been finalized and that they are now the legal parents of the child. Therefore, they choose to re-adopt.

Another reason is that U.S. adoption documents are much more easily replaced than foreign ones if they are lost or destroyed. They are also more recognizable by schools and other organizations to which they may be presented. In addition, re-adoption may make it easier for families to change their children's foreign names and to obtain state birth certificates for them. Some attorneys feel that re-adoption could help to protect a child's inheritance rights.

Re-adoption is the same paper process as an adoption finalization, but is optional if your child’s adoption was finalized overseas. After re-adoption is completed, your child will receive a U.S. Court Decree and an American Birth Certificate.

Fees and Services

The fees (Home Study Fee and Post-Placement Fee) charged by With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. will be directly related to the services performed. With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. requires that fees paid for services are due at the time stated below, which is when the services are to be rendered. All fees are non-refundable, provided, that the Post-Placement is refundable if Applicant does not complete the adoption for any reason. Applicant hereby agrees to pay With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. the following fees and complete the following requirements for adoption related services.

Home Study Fee $1200.00 - $1500.00. Applicant shall pay With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. a Home Study Fee for undertaking the home study process and issuing a home study report. The Home Study Fee is due prior to the start of the home study and must be received before the first visit of With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. social worker.

Post-Placement Fee $350.00 per report. Applicant shall pay With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. a Post-Placement Fee for each post-placement report due to a specific country. This fee is due to With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. with, and in addition to, the Home Study Fee. The number of reports varies by country and changes occasionally. With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. does not control these changes, but will notify the applicant if a country changes the number of post-placement reports it requires. If a country does not require post placement visits, With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. still requires six post placement visits, to be completed by our social worker. The purpose of this is to ensure the health and well being of all children placed with our assistance.

Home Study Update Fee (if applied) $600.00. Applicant shall pay With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. a Home Study Update Fee for undertaking the home study update process and issuing an updated home study report, if the Home Study is more then 12 month old. The Home Study Update Fee is due at the time of the visit of With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. social worker.

Counseling Services

With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. provides continuing consultation and support to families as they go through the entire adoption process.

When the home study is completed With Hope and Love Adoption Agency, Inc. continues to offer professional support. In addition, when appropriate, we have a network of specialists who can provide additional medical and counseling services to parents.

These include:

Referrals to physicians who specialize in international adoption

Counseling parents on attachment issues and adjustment in adoption

Education on the re-adoption process

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The Process at a Glance

Get Started!

Download and complete With Hope and Love Adoption Agency (WHAL) Application and submit with $350 Application Fee

Begin to complete forms provided by WHAL to compose your dossier

Complete Child Abuse Record Check and send back WHAL with $20 fee for each applicant

Complete FBI Background Record Check and make an appointment for fingerprints

Ask people who give you references to mail letters directly to WHAL

Prepare and email WHAL your autobiography

Request to schedule the first Home Visit

Submit all required documents

Request to schedule the second Home Visit

Receive your approval letter and completed Home Study Report