Post-Adoption Reporting

After your child has been adopted, adoption service providers must comply with the state laws of the jurisdiction where you live regarding the number of post-adoption home visits that are required. (Adoption service providers will still have to comply with all of their state laws.) Some countries of origin have post-adoption reporting requirements. The adoption service provider includes a requirement for such reports in the adoption services contract.

When a country of origin requires post-adoption reports, it is important for adoptive parents to fulfill that obligation. The failure of some adoptive parents to produce post-placement reports has had a negative impact on adoptions by other American parents seeking to adopt from some countries of origin. You should consider carefully obligations to provide post-adoption reports before pursuing adoption in countries of origin that require post-adoption reports. Adoption service providers make a good faith effort to encourage adoptive parents to provide such reports.