Fear of where your baby will be after delivery is a great and valid concern for birth parents placing their child for adoption. It makes sense for birth parents to want to know what will happen to their baby after delivery. When birth parents consider adoption, they do it because they want what is best for their child. They want their baby to be safe, healthy, loved, cared for, and given the best life possible. When looking into adoption, birth parents have many fears, many of them stemming from concern for their child. Adoption can be a scary process at first, but having the correct information helps to ease concerns over the welfare of our children.

At A Act of Love Adoption Agency, the birth parents make all the decisions regarding the adoption. This means that the birth parents choose what kind of adoption plan they want (open, semi-open, or closed), choosing the adoptive family (if you prefer, Act of Love can choose for you), the birth plan, and relinquishing rights to the child. Every step of the way, the staff at Act of Love will support and guide birth parents through the adoption process. When it comes time for birth parents to relinquish their rights, they will no longer have any legal responsibility for their baby. After their rights are relinquished, the adoptive parents then sign papers assuming custody and responsibility for the baby.

What happens if the selected adoptive parents choose not to follow through with the adoption?

The birth parents will maintain custody of the baby until they relinquish their rights. Act of Love will give the birth parents the option to choose another family. If they have already relinquished their rights, they are given the option to place the baby in Act of Love’s transitional care and to help select another adoptive family.

What is Act of Love’s transitional care?

Transitional care consists of families who are approved through Act of Love to provide temporary care for children. This type of care is used when birth parents have relinquished their rights, but an adoptive family has not assumed responsibility for the child. Transitional care is NOT state care, nor is it meant to be a permanent home for children. If birth parents choose to relinquish their rights and place their child in transitional care, they will still have the option to choose an adoptive family for their child.

Act of Love is diligent in their work and genuinely love the birth parents and adoptive families they work with. They are diligent in matching a birth parent’s wishes to the appropriate families, which means that adoptive parents almost always follow through with the adoption. It is very rare for an adoptive family to change their minds. It is important to note that in order for Act of Love to provide birth parents with appropriate adoptive family profiles, birth parents should always be completely honest about their pregnancy and medical history.

At the end of the day, birth parents, adoptive parents, and Act of Love all work together to place children in permanent, safe, loving, and nurturing homes.