Alaska Adoption Information

See also: Anchorage Adoption

Adopting in Alaska

Individuals who wish to adopt in Alaska can find children looking for homes in the foster care system. However, finding infants or younger children in foster care is very rare. Most children are older and have been removed from their birth parents due to abuse and neglect.

Infants and younger children needing homes can often be found through the use of a licensed child-placing agency. These agencies work with birthmothers who choose to place their child for adoption.

Families who want to adopt in Alaska must be finger printed, complete an application, attend training and have a home study done. A family can be matched with a child, once all the paperwork and ... [more]

Adoption Professionals in Alaska

Attorneys

Agencies

International

Other Services

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Alaska Adoption Attorneys
Alaska Adoption Agencies
Alaska Birthmother Housing
Alaska Home Studies
Alaska Education & Training

Alaska International Adoption
Alaska Counselors & Therapists
Alaska Infertility
Alaska State Foster Care Managers
Alaska State Licensing Specialists

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Unplanned Pregnancy

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

Couples Hoping to Adopt in Alaska

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

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Children Waiting for Adoption in Alaska

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 Alaska who are hoping to be adopted.

We're sorry, Alaska does not currently feature children in The Adoption.com Photolisting. Contact your state officials if you'd like to see children waiting for adoption in the Adoption.com photolisting.

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Alaska Adoption Forums

For All Alaska Adoptees

September 11, 2008, 11:05 pm

My twin sisters were born in Anchorage prior to statehood. When one went to get information from ...

born In Alaska 1964

April 18, 2008, 8:48 am

I was born on July 18, 1964 this is what my after adoption birth certificate says at Providence ...

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

We are going to Alaska!!!

Hi, after much debate and dragging of feet by the military we were offered a PCS to Anchorage ...

alaska 1973

...ISO Bmom or any family I was Adopted my Military family born 3/22/73 Adopted mom told me about ...

Looking for my mom, I was born in Alaska in ...

...Alaska in 1967, and lived at the salvaction army 1/2 way house, She liked Ice skating and was a ...

Baby boy Comstock, I was born 10/11/67 Alaska

...Looking for my birth mom, Lucile c. Comstock age 15 in 1967. Its coming around Christmas time ...

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Alaska Adoption Laws

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

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Alaska Adoption Registry

Adoptees

Birthmothers

Birthfathers

Siblings, etc

Jul 13, 1985 (F) - Adopted by peggy lee scott and darrell lee scott [ more ]

May 15, 1973 (F) - Barrow tribe [ more ]

Jun 23, 1972 (F) - Birth mother is from bethel. [ more ]

Feb 28, 1973 (M) - Please contact for further information. [ more ]

Jun 9, 1967 (M) - Thanks to this site...located my son on aug 14, 2006! it was a "blessed event". we are happily getting to know ... [ more ]

Apr 3, 1973 (F) - Birthplace: soldatna clinic [ more ]

Jul 17, 1964 (F) - Items were left blank because i do not know the information [ more ]

Mar 5, 1963 (M) - Not sure of birth date. living with parents, adopted from the hospital. could not write date down. i was not ... [ more ]

Nov 30, 1985 (M) - Birth city is probably fairbanks or anchorage- believe child was adopted to family in new york. child probably ... [ more ]

Feb 14, 1971 (M) - Birth mother greta rofkar. [ more ]

Nov 30, 1968 (M) - Father bruce in the army [ more ]

Nov 30, 1966 (F) - I am mAKing rough guesstimates as to dates of adoption and birthdates, as well as mother's age. i know my mother ... [ more ]

Oct 31, 1979 (F) - Mother noreen george father john evan [ more ]

Oct 17, 1988 (F) - Evelyn, april, mabel, and adele were born to john goodwin and rose rastopsoff. [ more ]

Jun 5, 1974 (F) - Birth mother's name was teresa marie webber (deceased) and her date of birth was 06/06/58 in anchorage, alaska. ... [ more ]

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Alaska Adoption Blogs

Safe Haven Laws in All 50 States Now

Recently Nebraska and Alaska both passed baby Safe Haven Laws . They were the 49th and ... [ more ]

Are You Adopting an Infant at Risk for ...

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Adoption Trends In Krasnoyarsk

I picked up an interesting piece on adoption today from Newslab, a Russian wire service ... [ more ]

Summer Camps for Children with Communication ...

If you haven’t already made your summer camp reservations for your children then you ... [ more ]