Continuing with the list of dossier items you will need to gather: -- You’ll need a letter from your insurance company stating that the adopted child will be covered by your health insurance from the date he/she is placed in your home. Some insurance companies are pokey getting this back to you, and some homestudy agencies won’t even START the homestudy till they have received this. So call and get that requested. If you happen to get an insurance agent who says they won’t cover an adopted child, politely remind him of the federal law requiring insurance companies to cover all adopted children just as if they had been born into the family.

-- Another thing you will need both... more

So, you’ve decided to take the plunge and adopt from Ethiopia! If you’re like me, you’re anxious to get going. If you’ve already received your homestudy packet from your homestudy agency, you may be feeling overwhelmed at the sheer volume of items mentioned. What you do next can greatly affect the speed of your dossier assembly. Here are some tips to get you a jump start.

1.) First off, request your birth certificates, marriage licenses, and divorce decrees. You will need to request these items from the state in which each event occurred. http://www.vitalchek.com/... more