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Title: Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year. by Randall Hicks ISBN: 0-9631638-7-6 Publisher: SCB Distributors Pub. Date: February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a great book!
Comment: This is one of four how-to adoption books my husband and I bought in our plan to start an adoption. It was BY FAR the best. It was clearly written and laid out the information just as I would have done. The amount of detail was increadible, as no other books came close. We loved the step-by-step approach, and the insightful tips the author gave on finding a qualified agency or attorney, and how to eliminate the ones to avoid. He bluntly says what others seem to hesitate to do. He is an adoption attorney himself, and his tips are great.
The first half of the book was a wonderful step-by-stop approach, from basics (meeting a birth mother, networking, finding an agency or attorney) to technical things we need to know (birth mother consent laws, spotting risky adoptions, federal legal issues which can sometimes affect state law - in general, how to protect yourself).
The second half was a state-by-state review of each state's unique laws. It also listed each licensed agency in that state, as well as adoption attorneys and their bios.
This book was GREAT! The best part of all... We found our attorney through advice in this book, and she turned out to be great. We found a birth mother through the advice on networking in the book. Our son was born July 2, 2002 and we will soon be finalizing our adoption!
Rating: 2
Summary: What a let Down
Comment: As soon as I read this book, I wished I was the type of customer who sent back books of little value. We have just began the process of adoption and we are exploring the different avenues available in domestic adoption so I thought this book would be helpful, but instead I found the same information I was able to obtain in less than one day at the computer, by entering "Adoption" in my search engine. The chapter containing the laws of every state was concise and puts it all in one easy package but I am not sure if that is enough to make this worthwhile. The book also lacked any real material on the homestudy process, what you might excpect from agencies versus attorneys versus state agencies, and the pros and cons of each. So if you are completely new to the process of adoption, want the facts and nothing but the facts, are pretty sure that you want to use an attorney and conduct your own search for a prospective birth mother, then this book is for you. If not you might want to look elsewhere
Rating: 5
Summary: A proud Daddy- Thanks to this book!
Comment: Randall Hicks book is written in an informative way- but maintains a warmth towards the many emotions involved in adoption. I used this book as a guide for our own adoption and it helped me through many of the issues- from the beginning decisions surrounding the type of adoption process we wanted- through the final court date. The legal advice is accurate, but the advice surrounding the emotions on both sides of adoption is invaluable.
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption (Complete Idiot's Guides) by Christine A. Adamec, Chris Adamec, Chris Adamac, William Pierce ISBN: 0028621085 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Adoption Resource Book, 4th edition : 4th Edition by Lois Gilman ISBN: 0062733613 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Essential Adoption Handbook by Colleen Alexander-Roberts ISBN: 0878338403 Publisher: Taylor Pub Pub. Date: December, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Adopting After Infertility by Patricia Irwin Johnston ISBN: 0944934102 Publisher: Perspectives Press Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Beating the Adoption Odds: Revised and Updated by Cynthia D. Martin, Dru Martin Groves ISBN: 0156005220 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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