{"id":845,"date":"2018-05-05T18:49:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T18:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/?page_id=845"},"modified":"2025-02-01T23:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T23:43:57","slug":"adoption","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"Adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-847 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/adoptionday2-300x256.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/adoptionday2-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/adoptionday2-316x270.png 316w, https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/adoptionday2.png 441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #ff0000;\">WHAT IS ADOPTION?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Adoption<\/em>\u00a0is different than foster care because it establishes a legally recognized, lifelong relationship between adoptive parents and the child or children being adopted.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Adoption is permanent and<\/em>\u00a0can occur in different ways. The adoptive parent becomes legally and morally responsible for the child&#8217;s safety, education, health care, value development, development of life skills, as well as the day-to-day care of that child.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO BE AN ADOPTIVE PARENT?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prospective parents in Maryland can be single, married, or part of a same sex couple. Some families have birth children, and some don\u2019t. Maryland families don&#8217;t have to be wealthy to be approved to adopt or provide foster care for a child. All that is necessary is for them to have sufficient financial resources to provide adequate care for a child and to meet the family\u2019s financial responsibilities. Families don\u2019t have to own a home either; they can be renters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Adoptive parents must:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">be 21 years of age<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">complete a\u00a0 27 hour training<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">work with social services or private agencies to be matched<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ARE THERE FEES TO ADOPT?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">There are no fees involved when adopting or fostering a child through your local department of social services.\u00a0 However if you are working with an agency, or use an attorney, you will be responsible for the fees charged by each.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CAN MY CHILD BE ADOPTED BY A FAMILY MEMBER?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Yes.\u00a0 Family members can adopt children of their relatives as long as the family member meets the state requirements.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT IS ADOPTION? Adoption\u00a0is different than foster care because it establishes a legally recognized, lifelong relationship between adoptive parents and the child or children being adopted.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Adoption is permanent and\u00a0can occur in different ways. The adoptive parent becomes legally and morally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/adoption\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1430,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/845\/revisions\/1430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}