What is the name of your state? IL
I have an opportunity to adopt a 2 year old boy from his Grandmother (who has full custody). The bio-father relinquished (sp?) his rights at birth and the bio-mother had her rights taken away by the courts. The Grandmother is in poor health and living with her mother (the child's Great Grandmother), Grandma has to undergo 3 major surgery's in the next year all with extended stays in the hospital. I am going to be keeping him in a month or so while Grandma undergoes her first of the 3 surgery's. She will be in the hospital for 6 weeks and he will be in my care during this time. I work in a childcare home, so finding daycare is not an issue at all for me, and I will be taking him to visit Grandma while she is in the hospital. She knows she is in poor health and may not be here very much longer and cannot continue to care for him the way he needs to be cared for. I found out about him and the situation through my boss' (and best friend for 10 years) sister. She lives in the same town as the little boy and Grandma and helps the Grandma with him. Me watching him for the 6 weeks is kind of like a trial period to see how he will interact with me and the change of not having Grandma around as much. Has anyone ever adopted in this type of situation? What kind of adoption would be best? Open, Closed or something else? I am financially stable to care for a child, But I'm scared of how much the adoption could cost if done through and agency. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
I have an opportunity to adopt a 2 year old boy from his Grandmother (who has full custody). The bio-father relinquished (sp?) his rights at birth and the bio-mother had her rights taken away by the courts. The Grandmother is in poor health and living with her mother (the child's Great Grandmother), Grandma has to undergo 3 major surgery's in the next year all with extended stays in the hospital. I am going to be keeping him in a month or so while Grandma undergoes her first of the 3 surgery's. She will be in the hospital for 6 weeks and he will be in my care during this time. I work in a childcare home, so finding daycare is not an issue at all for me, and I will be taking him to visit Grandma while she is in the hospital. She knows she is in poor health and may not be here very much longer and cannot continue to care for him the way he needs to be cared for. I found out about him and the situation through my boss' (and best friend for 10 years) sister. She lives in the same town as the little boy and Grandma and helps the Grandma with him. Me watching him for the 6 weeks is kind of like a trial period to see how he will interact with me and the change of not having Grandma around as much. Has anyone ever adopted in this type of situation? What kind of adoption would be best? Open, Closed or something else? I am financially stable to care for a child, But I'm scared of how much the adoption could cost if done through and agency. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
