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When you’ve made the decision to adopt a child, you are making a decision to allow that adoption agency or place to practically invade your lifestyle. There are so many stacks of papers that are required to make sure that the adoption is legal and binding, on top of the issue of making sure that the parents are adequate and able to handle a new child as an addition.
While there are normally stacks of papers to fill out, there is no other stage of the adoption process that requires more paper then that of the home visit. The home visit is the time for the agency to evaluate your home, living situation and how well you will make adoptive parents. During this time one of the parts is that of going through the various paperwork that is involved.
To make things a little easier if you are waiting for a home visit here are some of the required documents that you will need for the home visit.
Original birth certificates as well as copies of the birth certificates.
Marriage certificates or licenses.
Financial documents such as bank accounts, savings accounts, 401ks, stocks, liquid assets and any other form of savings that you may have.
Proof of job and income. This includes who you work for, how long you’ve worked there, what you make, type of insurance that you have and all the other elements of this type of job.
Health records. While not completely prying some adoption services require that you show a doctor’s note that you are healthy enough to have a child in your life.
Background check. Many people need a background check to make sure they are not adopting out to criminals or people with a known background.
Having all of these items ready and available at the home visit will make sure that you are not delayed during the process of adoption.
