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Adoptive Parents

If you are considering building or growing your family through adoption, knowledge is power. The Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA) puts significant effort and pride into this website and the knowledge it can share with prospective adoptive parents. See the menu on this page, listing numerous topics of interest for adoptive parents, and empower yourself with information. Be a well-informed adoptive parent. Knowledge will help you face the wonderful but legally and emotionally complicated process of adoption.

Other Useful Adoption Links:

  • Temporary Social Security Number pending adoption
  • Center for Adoption Policy (CAP)
  • Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI)
  • International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL, formerly IAML)
  • National Council for Adoption
  • National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ)
  • National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA)

Other Useful International Adoption and ART/Immigration Links:

  • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
  • U.S. State Department Office of Children’s Issues
  • U.S. State Department page on intercountry ART and surrogacy
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
  • Immigration Equality

Other Useful LGBT Links:

  • American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
  • Family Equality Council
  • GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
  • Lambda Legal
  • National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)

Other Useful Links:

  • Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA)

 

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The Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA) is a credentialed organization dedicated to the competent and ethical practice of adoption and assisted reproduction law. It advocates for laws and policies to protect the best interests of children, the legal status of families formed through adoption and assisted reproduction, and the rights of all interested parties.

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