Massachusetts Adoption Information

See also: Boston Adoption | Cambridge Adoption | Springfield Adoption | Worcester Adoption

Adopting in Massachusetts

Families who want to adopt in Massachusetts can go through the Massachusetts Department of Social Services (DSS) or a licensed child-placing agency.

DSS has a program that helps waiting children find adoptive home placements. The Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange, Inc. (MARE) is designed to help families, who want to adopt, get approved as adoptive parents. They also help the family find a child who is a good match. The placement will start out as a foster placement that later turns into an adoptive placement. This is called “Foster Care Adoption”.

Some potential adoptive families choose to use a licensed child-placing agency. An agency works ... [more]

Adoption Professionals in Massachusetts

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Unplanned Pregnancy

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

Couples Hoping to Adopt in Massachusetts

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

Featured Massachusetts Couples from Parent Profiles

Kurt & Colleen  (from Massachusetts)

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Children Waiting for Adoption in Massachusetts

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. Below are a few children hoping to be adopted.

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Massachusetts Adoption Laws

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

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Massachusetts Adoption Registry

Adoptees

Birthmothers

Birthfathers

Siblings, etc

Jun 17, 1962 (M) - Birth mother's last name believed to be earl (not sure of spelling). baptized on 6/21/62 at st theresa's church in ... [ more ]

Jul 19, 1957 (F) - Adoped by dr. and charlote simmions [ more ]

Feb 17, 1959 (F) - I was born on february 17, 1959 at cape cod hospital in hyannis, MA. my birth mothers last name was fontaine or ... [ more ]

Aug 3, 1965 (F) - I only know that one of my birth parents had red hair [ more ]

Mar 29, 1983 (F) - She has a sister stephanie j MArtell born 6-11-84. last name of both girls is della vecchio adopted mother is andrea della ... [ more ]

Jan 26, 1973 (F) - Athol, MA [ more ]

Jul 25, 1947 (F) - Melrose, MA [ more ]

Sep 9, 1973 (M) - Pocasset, MA [ more ]

Mar 24, 1911 (F) - [ more ]

Dec 28, 1989 (M) - Baystate Medical Center hospital Springfield, MA [ more ]

Dec 21, 1969 (M) - Fitchburg, MA [ more ]

Jun 12, 1941 (F) - 173rd Infantry Brigade (Airbor, MA [ more ]

Dec 10, 1979 (M) - [ more ]

Feb 2, 1971 - [ more ]

Dec 7, 1970 - [ more ]

Jul 15, 1952 (M) - [ more ]

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Massachusetts Adoption Blogs

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