Then, too, many young adoptive couples are wary of taking on even babies or toddlers labeled as foster children.

It is not possible for co-habitating couples to adopt orphans, since the law requires adoptive couples to be married.

The limited systematic study of transracial adoptive couples in Britain shows some general characteristics.

Since 1999, all of New Hampshire's ten counties allow adoption provided the adoptive couple or individual is stable and can care for children.

Therefore the grand jury recommends a confidential registry containing the names of all women planning to give up their children and all prospective adoptive couples.

In the spring, we'll also have workshops that will give couples an opportunity to meet adoptive couples and foster parents.

There is also a built-in system to insure that the adoptive couples follow through with legal proceedings to make the arrangement formal.

"The only way an adoptive couple can sleep soundly at night is to know that the adoption is completed."

On October 1, 2012, the adoptive couple petitioned the United States Supreme Court to review the case.

A lot of the jokes are based on the would-be adoptive couple being two men.