Summary: Can you “unadopt” a child? It sounds terrible, but we’ve known children whose adoption was dissolved by their adoptive parents AFTER the adoption was finalized. In this episode, we discuss adoption dissolution: why adoptions fail and how to ensure a successful adoption. Some links we found helpful during our research: Preventing dissolution of an adoption http://adoption.families.com/blog/parental-claiming-of-an-older-adopted-child Statistics on adoption disruption and dissolution http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/s_disrup.cfm Who pays for foster care when an adoption is dissolved? http://www.nacac.org/adoptionsubsidy/factsheets/childsupportenforcement.html
