The complete adoption & fertility legal guide / / Brette McWhorter Sember

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826157903321
• Autore: Sember Brette McWhorter <1968->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Naperville, Ill., : Sphinx Pub., 2004
• ISBN: 1-4022-3277-2; 1-281-83373-8; 9786611833732; 1-4175-5331-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.7301/78
• Soggetti: Adoption - Law and legislation - United States; Human reproductive technology - Law and legislation - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- Section I: Adoption -- Chapter 1: Understanding Adoption -- Legal Effects -- Birth Parents' Rights and Roles -- Extended Birth Family -- Legal Process -- Making the Decision to Adopt -- Preparing for the Adoption Rollercoaster -- Preparing for the Future -- Chapter 2: Adoption Decisions -- Open versus Closed Adoption -- Domestic versus International Adoption -- Agency versus Private Adoption -- Finding and Choosing an Agency -- Finding and Choosing an Attorney -- Facilitators -- Affording Adoption -- Agency Evaluation Questionaire -- Attorney Evaluation Questionaire -- Chapter 3: Adoption Procedures -- Home Studies -- Consent -- No Consent Needed -- Notice -- Timing of Consent -- Consent Procedures -- Revocation -- Adoption Court Procedures -- Postplacement -- Birth Certificates -- Adoption Financial Credits -- Family Leave -- Insurance and Planning for the Future -- Chapter 4: Second-Parent Adoption -- Deciding to Adopt a Stepchild -- Qualifications to Adopt -- Notice or Consent -- Preadoption Procedures -- Second-Parent Adoption Process -- Chapter 5: Kinship Adoption -- Types of Kinship Adoptions -- Adoption versus Guardianship -- Custody versus Adoption -- Adoption ; versus Foster Care -- Notice and Consent -- Kinship Agreements -- Agency Involvement -- Court Proceedings -- Finalization -- Support -- Chapter 6: Domestic Agency Adoption -- Public Agencies -- Agency Liability -- Private Agency Adoption -- Interstate Issues -- Ethnic Concerns -- Chapter 7: International Adoption -- Choosing an Agency -- Choosing a Country -- Choosing a Child -- Dealing with Paperwork -- The Process -- Dealing with Immigration -- Citizenship -- Readoption -- Changes in Adoption Law -- International Agency Questionaire -- Chapter 8: Parent-Facilitated Adoption.; Adopting Indepedently with an Agency -- How to Find a Birth Mother -- Facilitator -- Advertising -- Choosing a Birth Mother -- Contact with Birth Mother -- Payments -- Counseling -- Waiting for Your Child to be Born -- Paperwork -- Adjustment Period -- Choosing a Facilitator Questionaire -- Potential Birth Mother Questionaire -- Chapter 9: Adult Adoption -- Evaluating the Need for Adult Adoption -- Restrictions -- Consent -- Legal Procedure -- Effect of Adult Adoption -- Chapter 10: Single-Parent Adoption -- Considerations for Single-Parent Adoption -- Bias against Single Parents -- Home Studies -- Laws Govering Single-Parent Adoption -- Protecting Your Family -- Raising Your Child -- Chapter 11: Gay and Lesbian Adoption -- Single-Parent Adoption -- Second-Parent Adoption -- Couple Adoption -- International Adoption -- Finding Gay-Friendly Adoption Agencies -- Raising an Adoptive Child -- Chapter 12: Coping with Adoption -- Dealing with Reactions to Adoption -- Dealing with Others Invovled in Your Case -- Dealing with the Waiting -- Dealing with Doubts -- Changing Your Mind -- Bonding with an Adopted Child -- Dealing with Adoption Disappointments -- Chapter 13: Raising an Adopted Child -- Celebrating Your Adoption -- Breastfeeding an Adopted Infant -- Talking to Your Biological Children about Adoption -- Raising Biological and Adopted Siblings -- Taking to Your Child about His or Her Adoption -- Keeping an Adoption a Secret -- Cultural Heritage -- Medical Issues -- Post Adoption Support -- Finding Birth Parents -- Section II: Assisted Reproduction -- Chapter 14: Understanding &amp -- Evaluating Reproductive Technologies -- Understanding Your Condition -- What Technology Can Do for You -- What Technology Cannot Do for You -- Understanding Terminology -- FInding Medical Professionals You are Comfortable With -- Success Rates -- Your Right to ART.; Initial Visit -- Setting Limits -- Privacy -- Coping with the Medical and Clinical World -- Your Rights as an ART Patient -- Making Time for ART -- Coping with ART -- Weighing Technology against Adoption -- Weighing the Use of Donors -- Ethical Considerations -- Financial Issues -- Singles and Assisted Reproduction -- Being Gay and Using Assisted Reproduction -- HIV and Assisted Reproduction -- Dealing with Risks -- Fertility Specialist Questionaire -- Chapter 15: Insemination -- Laws -- Types of Sperm Donors -- Legal Parents -- Future Considerations -- Choosing a Sperm Bank Questionaire -- Chapter 16: Egg Donation -- Finding a Donor -- Donation Process -- Cost -- Agreement -- State Laws -- Legal Rights -- Future Contact with the Donor -- Choosing a Clinic Questionaire -- Chapter 17: Embryo Donation -- Finding a Donor -- State Laws -- Costs -- Agreement -- Issues -- Privacy -- Clinic Evaluation Questionaire -- Chapter 18: Surrogacy -- Laws Concerning Surrogacy -- The Legal Process of Surrogacy -- California Procedure -- Surrogacy Programs -- Finding a Surrogate on Your Own -- Surrogacy Agreements -- Payment Issues -- Insurance Coverage -- Problems with Surrogacy -- Other Steps to Protect Yourself -- Choosing a Surrogacy Program Questionaire -- Chapter 19: Emerging Technologies -- Nuclear ; Transfer -- In Vitro Maturation -- Cytoplasmic Transfer -- Cloning -- Chapter 20: Cryopreservation -- Contract -- Cost -- Divorce -- Death of a Parent -- Chapter 21: Raising an ART Child -- Explaining Things to Your Child -- Coping with Other People -- Medical Information -- Helping Your Child Locate His or Her Donors or Surrogates -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Appendix A: Resources -- Appendix B: State Offices for Adoption Services -- Appendix C: Forms -- Index -- About the Author -- Ad Pages -- Back Cover.