Florida Adoption Agency: Expectant Mother FAQs

My Florida Adoptions will provide you with adoption education and guidance throughout every step of the process, which can be difficult to navigate alone. Our Florida adoption agency is a safe haven for expectant parents.  We will support you legally, financially, and emotionally throughout your adoption plan and afterwards.  Our purpose is to lovingly empower our clients to create a personalized Florida adoption plan that is right for them.

It varies greatly, but My Florida Adoptions will provide individualized case management based on your personal situation and needs. The services that our Florida adoption agency typically provides expectant parents or birth mothers with include financial assistance, adoption counseling during and after the process, legal representation, assistance with selecting an adoptive family for your child, as well as adoption and hospital planning.

Per Florida law, prospective adoptive parents may provide reasonable living expenses to expectant mothers, including rent, utilities, phone, food, toiletries, clothing, and transportation.  Medical and other expenses are available on a case-by-case basis. These expenses can be paid for the length of the pregnancy and six weeks postpartum. 

No.  All of our Florida adoption agency’s fees and costs are paid by the prospective adoptive parents, including living expenses, counseling, and legal representation.

Prospective families go through a detailed screening process at our Florida adoption agency to make sure they are educated and prepared to adopt.  You will receive profile books based upon your preferences for an adoptive family and the level of openness desired. 

The birth father’s involvement in the adoption plan is important.  However, we know that situations arise when the unmarried biological father cannot or refuses to be involved.  It is important to provide as much information pertaining to the birth father(s)/legal father to My Florida Adoptions so we can take all legal steps required to protect your adoption plan.

Adoption agencies in Florida cannot execute a Consent to Adoption until after the birth of the baby. Once it has been 48 hours after the birth of the child or the birth mother has been medically discharged from the hospital, the Consent to Adoption can be signed by all parties.  Once executed, it is permanent and binding upon execution.  If the child is over the age of six (6) months, you will have three (3) business days to change your mind.

Yes, it is your choice as to the level of openness you have in your adoption plan. You may choose to meet the adoptive parents and build a relationship with them prior to delivery.  After delivery, you can receive picture and letter updates and/or visits if you desire.  Or you may choose to have no future contact or updates. As one of the best adoption agencies in Florida, we are experts at helping you find an adoptive family who desires the same level of openness as you.  

We know the adoption journey lasts long after your adoption plan ends.  Unlike some adoption agencies in Florida, My Florida Adoptions provides adoption counseling to you anytime throughout your adoption plan and in the future.