Congratulations! This is a big decision and most definitely an exciting one to make. Child Adoptions not only represent a happy moment in your life but can be a very complex one as well. Regardless if this is your first child or a new brother or sister to your existing children, we want to make this process easy and comfortable to everyone involved.
Adoption is the legal process of becoming the parent to a child. It includes all of the rights and responsibilities of being a parent and includes the duty to protect the child and the responsibility to provide the child with food, shelter, education and health care.
In Arizona adoptive parent(s) must be certified by the court as acceptable to adopt children. The certification process includes: