Here are some basic adoption requirements needed in order to help you begin your adoption process:

• Your commitment and willingness to unconditionally accept, love, and raise a child(ren) into adulthood
• The adopting parent(s) must be at least 21 years old
• Adequate income to meet the needs of all family members
• Adequate space in the home to accommodate adopted child(ren)
• Medical exams on as needed basis
• If married, both parents should be from a Christian, traditional marital lifestyle (e.g., between man and a woman), living together in a loving and stable home. The parents need to be legally married for two years. If no longer married, the parents must be legally divorced in order to adopt
• Single parents with a traditional, Christian lifestyle