What is an Adoption Faciliator? By definition an adoption facilitator is someone that helps facilitate adoptions, and is neither an adoption attorney nor an adoption agency. As defined by the State of California Family Code commencing with Chapter 1.5, Section 8623: Adoption facilitators may "Advertise for the purpose of soliciting parties to an adoption or locating children for an adoption or acting as an intermediary between the parties to an adoption." Unfortunately, this definition can mean a lot of different things to different people. If you are going to use a facilitator you should understand what their role should be. A facilitator should never try to supplement or replace the adoption atorney or agency. So if facilitators don’t do the legal work what is our primary purpose? Facilitators should primarily focus on helping families to locate potential birth parents and helping birthparents with support and education as well as facilitation a match with the right family to adopt their baby.

What Is An Adoption Attorney? A legal professional who has experience with filing, processing, and finalizing adoptions in a court having jurisdiction.

What Is An Agency Adoption? Agency adoptionAdoptive placements made by licensed organizations that screen prospective adoptive parents and supervise the placement of children in adoptive homes until the adoption is finalized.

What Is An MSW? Medical Social Worker Health professionals who match people in need with available resources. Most states require an MSW to be licensed as a social worker in that state. Most reputable adoption professionals work with or have access to a MSW counselor.

Open Adoption Professionals We Work With:

Adoption Facilitation
Cooperative Adoption
Adoption Paths - Sarah Lively

Adoption Lawyers
Law Offices of Adams and Romer
Law Offices of Marc Gradstein
Law Offices of Larry Siegel, Marin California

Adoption Agencies
Independent Adoption Center
Adoption Connection
Open Adopt
Adoptions From the Heart
Friends in Adoption
Adopt Int and Domesticl
Adopt International