Some states provide that prospective adoptive parents be a certain amount older than the minor children they seek to adopt. For example, California law provides that a non-familial adoptive parent must be at least 10 years older than the minor child he or she seeks to adopt. Most states require that adoptive persons be at least 21 years of age.

• What expenses do adoptive parents pay to the birth mother?
• Can prospective adoptive parents advertise that they wish to adopt a child?
• Can adoption agencies consider the race of the adoptive parents or children when making decisions?
• What is a foreign adoption?
• What is the court or judge’s role in the adoption process?
• What information does an adoption agency consider when determining whether to place a child with prospective adoptive parents?
• Can birth mothers withdraw consent to an adoption?
• Who must consent to an adoption?
• What methods of adoptions are there?
• What is adoption?
• If you think you are the father of a child, but you are not married and the mother refuses to let you see the baby, is there anything you can do?
• If you are a pregnant and unmarried woman, and the father refuses to acknowledge paternity, what can you do?
• Can courts modify child support obligations?
• What happens if a person refuses to pay child support?
• How does a court determine the amount of child support?
• Can a court require a parent to pay child support?
• Can grandparents have visitation rights?
• What if one parent refuses another parent’s visitation rights?
• Can courts modify custody arrangements?
• Can a court require parents to attend counseling sessions before awarding custody?