Adoption by law means permanently placing a baby or child with one or two parents other than the birth parents. Adoption gives rise to the severing of the parental rights and responsibilities of the birth parents and extending those responsibilities and rights onto the adoptive parents. Many children, no matter their ages, are placed for adoption due to the true birth parents' acknowlegement that they are unable to care adequately for their tyke. Occasionally biological parents forcibly are stripped of their parental rights and their kids are placed into foster homes as they were neglected or abused. The physical incapability to have a biological child is a common basis given to adopt. A decision to adopt could also be related to the lack of a spouse or partner or a decision not to use a surrogate or sperm donor. Single people and same sex partners frequently adopt for this very reason. Methods of becoming an adoptive parent can vary from country to country or even between states. Generally when making an application to adopt, all potential adopters will be considered for appropriateness.

Adopting internationally commonly are more costly and typically incur other fees, including the adoptive parents having to journey to the source country. American citizens represent the largest number of international adopters. A number of developed countries have moderately well proven rules and procedures for foreign adopters to abide by, while some don't. Adoption rules & regulations for each country will vary widely.The requirements necessary to commence the process of international adoption also can differ widely, depending upon the nation of the adopters. In the U.S., as an example, typically the initial phase in the process is finding an facilitator or agency to deal with. Every facilitator or agency works with a different set of countries, although many focus all their energy on a lone country.

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