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Introduction to Adoption - How to Adopt a Child
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This section tells you about adopting a child in Santa Clara County.

To adopt a foster child or a child the Court has placed in your home, talk to a lawyer or go to the Juvenile Dependency section of this website.

To adopt an adult, talk to a lawyer or go the Adult Adoption section of this website.

This section tells you about:

• Agency adoptions
• Independent adoptions
• Stepparent adoptions
• The adoption hearing
• Rights of birth parents
• Birth records
• Adoption terms
• More help with adoption

If you are adopting a child from a foreign country, click on Agency adoptions above. Foreign adoptions have the same procedures as agency adoptions.