Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a baby, toddler or older child with a parent (or parents) who were not the biological parents. Adoption means the severing of the parental rights and responsibilities of the true birth parents and the placing of those responsibilities and rights onto the adopters. A large number of babies or children are placed up for for adoption as a result of the actual biological parents' acknowlegement that they are unfortunately not able to care adequately for their baby or child. Other actual biological parents forcibly lose their parental rights so that their child is placed into foster homes as they were abused or neglected. The lack of ability to biologically have a child is a normal reason to adopt. The desire to adopt may also be accompanied by the lack of a mate or prefering not to use a surrogate or sperm donor. Unmarried people and same sex partners often adopt for this very reason. Processes for legally adopting a child will differ from country to country or even between states. Ordinarily when applying to adopt, the potential adoptive parents will be evaluated for suitability.

Adopting internationally are usually more high-priced and regularly incur further costs, including the adopters needing to travel to the source country. Citizens of the US represent the major share of international adoptive parents. Many countries have comparatively well instituted laws, rules and procedures for foreign adopters to fulfil, while other nations do not. Adoption rules & regulations for each country differ widely.Any requirements necessary to commence the process of international adoption also will vary widely, depending upon the country of the adoptive parents. In america, as a general example, generally the initial step in the process is to choose an facilitator or agency to work with. Each agency or facilitator works with different nations, and some only focus on a single country.

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