The judge has to approve of the adoption. This means that the judge must determine that the adoption fits the best interest of the children. Some states have laws specifically authorizing judges to interview adoptees to determine their attitudes about the pending adoption.

• 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?
• What is supervised visitation?
• In those states that examine the relocation of a parent under a best interests of the child analysis, what are the factors that courts consider?
• Can a parent with custody move out of state with a child without permission of the other parent?
• Can a parent have child custody if he or she has committed a crime?
• Arizona Law on Best Interests of the Child § 25-403