for the morons who don’t understand the foster care and adoption and the steps taken to get a child please, allow me to dumb it down.
step one: find a social worker and tell them u would like to adopt. he/she will lead u to the correct steps in order to adopt said child
step two: depending on what state u are in the requirements might be different. but the state i was adopted in, the requirements were simple. there’s a trial period, where the kid goes on visits throughout the months until the court deems them acceptable
step three: paperwork
step four: court
step five: “adoption”. kind of the like the trial run but the kid can live with u??
step six: become a foster parent. u must become a foster parent for a YEAR to prove u are able to care of the child that u wish to adopt bc he/she still ain’t urs.
step seven: paperwork
step eight: court
step nine: wait until accepted
step ten: congrats, u have a kid.
:)