§ 8904 Intercountry Adoption Agency Requirements

• •If you want to adopt a child from another country and finish the adoption there, an adoption agency must check if your home is good for the child.
• •The agency must tell the U.S. government that you followed all the rules for adopting from another country.
• •The agency must help you adopt the child again in the U.S. if the government says you have to.
• •The agency must give you help after the adoption if you paid for it and agreed to it in writing.

A family in California wants to adopt a child from another country and finish the adoption there.

The adoption agency must check their home to make sure it's safe, tell the U.S. government they followed all the rules, help them adopt the child again in the U.S. if needed, and give them help after the adoption if they paid for it.