Adoption is a legal act of permanently placing a infant or child with one or both parents who were not the actual birth parents. Adoption means the severing of the parental rights & responsibilities of the birth parents and handing over those responsibilities and rights onto the adopters. Many, many children are placed up for for adoption due to the actual birth parents' decision that they are unable to take good care of their child of any age. Some percentage of actual birth parents involuntarily are stripped of their parental rights & their child is placed in foster homes as they were abused, neglected or abandoned. A physical incapability to biologically have a child is a standard motive given to adopt. A decision to adopt can also be related to the lack of a marital partner or a lack of desire to use a sperm donor or surrogate. Single people and same sex partners frequently adopt for this very reason. Methods of adopting can differ from country to country or even between states. Usually when filling out an application to adopt, all potential adopters will be assessed for appropriateness.

Adopting from outside one's country are usually more high-priced and also oftentimes incur additional fees, including the adopters being required to go to the source country. Citizens of the US represent the major share of international adopters. Some more developed nations have relatively well instituted laws and rules for out of country adopters to go along with, while some do not. Adoption policies & procedures for each nation deviate widely.Requirements necessary to start the process of adopting internationally also can differ widely, depending on the country of the adopters. In the U.S., as an example, generally the 1st stage of the process is to choose an facilitator or agency to deal with. Each facilitator or agency works with different countries, although some put their focus on a lone country.

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