West Virginia Adoption Information

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Adopting in West Virginia

The West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources (WVDHHR) Bureau for Children and Families (BCF) provides information about adoption in Virginia. Families can also contact a licensed child-placing agency.

Potential adoptive families that want to adopt a child through WVDHHR will need to contact their local county office and request information on becoming an adoptive family. They will also be required to attend pre-service orientation training and have a family assessment (home study) completed by a social worker. The home study consists of informal interviews and the gathering of references, medical reports, a criminal background check, and other paperwork that the ... [more]

Adoption Professionals in West Virginia

Attorneys

Agencies

International

Other Services

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West Virginia Infertility
West Virginia State Foster Care Managers
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Unplanned Pregnancy

If you are pregnant and considering adoption, visit the Adoption Directory to speak with a caring professional in West Virginia.You can also view profiles of hopeful adoptive couples in or near West Virginia in the listing below, provided as a service of ParentProfiles.com.

Couples Hoping to Adopt in West Virginia

View profiles of hopeful adoptive parents or create your own adoption profile today on ParentProfiles.com (A service of Adoption Profiles, LLC).

Featured West Virginia Couples from Parent Profiles

Steve & Laura (from West Virginia)

HELLO! WE’RE TWO TEACHERS who would love to add a daughter to our loving family. Our three wonderful boys are looking forward to having a sister. Our home is filled with love and laughter and we can’t wait to welcome another child.

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Fred & Juli

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Children Waiting for Adoption in West Virginia

Are you ready to be a parent? There are tens of thousands of children in the United States foster system and many more available children worldwide. There are many children in West Virginia who are hoping to be adopted.

We're sorry, West Virginia does not currently feature children in The Adoption.com Photolisting. Contact your state officials if you'd like to see children waiting for adoption in the Adoption.com photolisting.

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West Virginia Adoption Forums

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June 18, 2009, 10:37 pm

:hypno: ISO BD B IN AR. 3/3/1989,ADOPTONG STATE????

Looking for others out there...

June 18, 2009, 5:52 am

Hello, I am from harrison county and we are wanting to adopt through the DHHR. I have a few ...

See what other people are saying about West Virginia in the adoption forums.

DOB 11/25/55 Hinton, West Virginia

...West Virginia. The person is male. His adoptive mother is a teacher and his adoptive father may ...

West Palm Beach, Florida Adoptee (August 14, ...

...I'm searching for my birth family. I know very little about my biological family. All I know ...

ISO birth-son born 2/9/87 in Key West, FL

...I am a birthmother in search of my birth-son born 2/9/87 at Florida Keys Memorial Hospital in ...

INS/Norfolk Virginia

...Anyone know the wait time on I-171h? We were fingerprinted 6weeks ago. Just wondering if I ...

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West Virginia Adoption Laws

• West Virginia - Access to Adoption Records Requirements
• West Virginia - Adoption Statutes Citations and Contacts
• West Virginia - Consent to Adoption
• West Virginia - Parties to an Adoption
• West Virginia - Putative Fathers
• West Virginia - State Regulation of Adoption Expenses
• West Virginia - Infant Safe Haven Laws
• West Virginia - Use of Advertisers and Facilitators
• West Virginia - State Statutes Regarding International Adoptions

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West Virginia Adoption Registry

Adoptees

Birthmothers

Birthfathers

Siblings, etc

Jun 1, 1967 (F) - Birth mother's name may have been martha anderson. i also think that she had a son born possible 1968/1969 who was ... [ more ]

May 26, 1949 (M) - At least 3 other siblings [ more ]

Oct 17, 1985 (M) - Medical records from birth at dr. arnett's office in martinsburg. mother had no prenatal care. both parents ... [ more ]

Sep 2, 1967 (F) - I was placed into foster care in the state of ohio along with 4 siblings in 1974. i have since located my ... [ more ]

Dec 14, 1974 (M) - I have a pictur of him at birth, arangements were made through a pastor in fairmont WV but i can't remember her ... [ more ]

Aug 16, 1954 (M) - Certificate filed 8/27/54 [ more ]

May 22, 1987 (F) - She was taking from me when she was 4 months old and adopted out when she was 5yrs old also my son was taked and i ... [ more ]

Jul 21, 1978 (M) - This was a private adoption facilitated by a local attorney whose name was william beckett (i think) [ more ]

Aug 6, 1987 (F) - Attorney phone number now is (304)255-7667. [ more ]

Jul 29, 1981 (F) - Has a sibling named russell [ more ]

Nov 30, 1957 (F) - I am the sister of the birth mother. two other children born before this birth. could have been 1958 or 1957. ... [ more ]

Nov 30, 1954 (M) - Iam looking for my two brothers that was adopted in west virginia after our mother passed awayin 1961 [ more ]

Mar 11, 1945 (F) - Looking for sister born in '43. also placed for adoption. adoption took place at the same time. she would have ... [ more ]

Aug 31, 1971 (F) - this baby is bi-racial, and the mother is white the father is black. have very little info to go on other than ... [ more ]

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West Virginia Adoption Blogs

Would You Stay or Would You Go?

Brief backstory: I was born and raised in California, went to school in Pennsylvania, ... [ more ]

The Adoption Equality Act

Put on your advocacy hats and start contacting your congressmen to show your support for ... [ more ]

Summer Camps for Children with Communication ...

If you haven’t already made your summer camp reservations for your children then you ... [ more ]

Without Pregnancy...

Oh, adoption drama! Ring the alarm! And it's not even on an adoption blog or site. The ... [ more ]

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