Kentucky Adoption Information

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Adoption in Kentucky

You have dreamed of adoption, but you are not sure where to begin. There are several adoption options available in Kentucky. Residents of Kentucky may adopt an infant domestically, an infant or older child internationally, or an older or special needs child from foster care.

Who May Adopt In Kentucky

You must be a Kentucky resident at least 21 one years old. You can be single, married, divorced, or widowed. You can have step children, birth children, adopted, foster children or adult children in your home. You can be a working couple, a working mother or father, a stay at home parent or retired.

Kentucky Infant Adoption

Infant adoptions in ... [more]

Adoption Professionals in Kentucky

Attorneys

Agencies

International

Other Services

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Unplanned Pregnancy

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

Couples Hoping to Adopt in Kentucky

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

Featured Kentucky Couples from Parent Profiles

Nate & Emily (from Kentucky)

We are a hopeful family of three looking for another little one to share our lives with. We are excited to adopt and can’t wait to be a happy family of four (or more). Come check us out.

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Children Waiting for Adoption in Kentucky

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 Kentucky who are hoping to be adopted.

Featured Kentucky Children from The Adoption.com Photolisting

Brandon  (Kentucky / 16 / M)

This outstanding sibling group would be an amazing addition to an adoptive family who is ready to take on four kids. If...[more]

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Dakota

Elizabeth

Chelsea

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Kentucky Adoption Forums

Hartford, KY

November 9, 2009, 6:46 pm

I was born 5/13/1976, Hartford, KY hospital. I have found my birth moms side.(Kathleen "KAT" ...

Tondronia Faye Sharp

September 27, 2009, 9:40 pm

I was looking through some birth records for KY in vital search and found a Tonya Raye Sharp born ...

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

Kentucky Birth Index

...Kentucky Birth Index for 1969. I was born in Hopkinsville, KY on April 8, 1969 at the Jennie ...

For adoptees and birth parents searching in ...

Welcome to the Search and Reunion Message Board! If you know the name of the adoption agency ...

For adoptes and birthparents searching in ...

Welcome to the Search and Reunion Message Board! If you know the name of the adoption agency ...

Ohio to Kentucky?

My friend is a foster parent. I really want to adopt one of her foster children, but they live in ...

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Kentucky Adoption Laws

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

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Kentucky Adoption Registry

Adoptees

Birthmothers

Birthfathers

Siblings, etc

Jun 21, 1981 (M) - My adopted parents pick me up in owensboro, kentucKY. [ more ]

Dec 27, 1968 (F) - this adoption has no records which suggest to me that it isint legal, there are many discrepancies with my birth ... [ more ]

Oct 5, 1950 (F) - Registration no. g6vnwra43355 female adoptee iso dob 05 oct 1950 KY [ more ]

Jul 25, 1971 (F) - Birth moms name is pat urban [ more ]

Jul 22, 1969 (M) - Michael and his brother tracey were adopted through child protective services. [ more ]

Jul 26, 1972 (F) - Adoption location: lexington, KY. registration no. 3acb950f00066903 birthmother iso female adoptee dob 26 jul 1972 ... [ more ]

Oct 9, 1980 (M) - Gary has a scar on his right hand between thumb & index finger. [ more ]

Nov 1, 1962 (F) - I was in the military at the time of my pregnancy,and had also been very ill after and was in ireland army ... [ more ]

Jun 17, 1970 (F) - Father searching for daughter [ more ]

Nov 30, 1974 - I am not sure about the sex of the child or if they were twins i have heard it was twins but i have no proof of ... [ more ]

Oct 12, 1986 (M) - Mother was kimberly died of breast cancer a couple of years ago, shawn has one brother (dustin,24)) and one ... [ more ]

Mar 23, 1974 (M) - Birth parents were never allowed to see their son. he was taken from the delivery room immediatley. both were very ... [ more ]

Oct 3, 1957 (M) - Handled by a KY. state welfare social worker named doris smart who resided in russelville, KY. thought child may ... [ more ]

May 11, 1982 (M) - Registration no. h1j65ey66565 other birth relative iso male adoptee dob 11 may 1982 KY other relative helping: ... [ more ]

Sep 30, 1959 (F) - My mother, who is 75 and is dying with lung cancer, gave up this baby in 1959. she just told us (my sister and i) ... [ more ]

Nov 17, 1975 (F) - This is my niece. i have been looking for her, and her sister, for many years. [ more ]

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Kentucky Adoption Blogs

Foster Teen Mothers' Right to Parent

Are foster teen mothers not being given the chance to be a mother to their own children? ... [ more ]

Abandoned Baby Gets A Home For The Holidays

Back in February, two small Kentucky children were outside playing when they happened ... [ more ]

Adoption Stories and Chinese Cheesesteak.

As a word geek, I became irrationally exuberant upon discovering this old entry on ... [ more ]

Happy, happy news about adoption!

The other day I posted some links to horrible stories about adoption. Sadly, they were ... [ more ]

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