Procedural Overview for Adoptive Parents

5. If your birth mother lives outside the State of Colorado an agency representative, or the attorney representing the agency in the birth mother’s state, will meet with you and explain the laws of the jurisdiction, as well as meet with you and the birth mother jointly.

6. Go to the city where the child is to be born close to the date of delivery. Sometimes you will be allowed to be present at the delivery. This is the birth mother's option. Usually you can be with the baby while it is in the hospital.

7. When your baby is born, you will receive a temporary custody placement agreement allowing the baby to leave the hospital with you. The placement agreement should be faxed to your insurance company so the baby will have medical coverage. Federal law requires that insurance companies and policies governed by ERISA cover an adopted child the same as a child naturally born to you. However, you should check with your insurance provider to confirm coverage. If your baby is delivered outside of Colorado, other states have similar documents which you will receive that will allow you to provide the child with medical care while you are waiting for the final decree.