CAn a 14 year old get put in a adoption agency?

Answer 1

You can not for a number of reasons:

1.) you are living in your parents house and you have to go to school for 7 hours a day 5 days a week.

2.) you are not financially fit to care for the child.

3.) 14 yr. olds shouldn't be parents (even if we think we would be good at it)

4.) i think there is a law against it.

Answer 2

As a prospective adoptive parent, who has taken all the classes and done all the research, I will answer this as best as I can. The short answer is, no. If when you were adopted your birth parents DID in fact sign a paper relinquishing their rights to act as your parents, and your adoptive parents took custody, they are your parents. They have voluntarily made a lifelong commitment to love and care for you.

There are exceptions. If there is investigated, proven evidence of abuse or neglect by the Department of Child welfare and Family services, you may be temporarily removed from your parents' home and placed in foster care. You would not have a choice as to whom you were placed with temporarily. A judge appointed by your state would basically give your parents a to-do list of things to improve and change while you were living with foster parents. If they complete the list in the time allotted by the judge, they would re-gain custody of you. If they did not, there would be a series of hearings and if a judge felt it necessary, your parents' rights would be terminated and the state you live in would have custody of you, and you would continue to live in foster care. At this point, while in foster care, the people with whom you were living would have the option to adopt you; or you may be "waiting" to be adopted by another family.

In some cases, in a "failed adoption," the adoptive parents, may place a child for adoption through a private agency, or may relinquish their custody to the state and have the child move into foster care.

14 is a tough age to get along with your parents. In most cases, it's pretty normal for 14 year old kids and their parents to butt heads and not get along all the time. If this is the case, I urge you to consider that your home is probably still a much better place for you to be than in foster care. Your parents chose you, they love you, and your relationship with them will improve as you mature.

If, however, you are asking this because you are being severely neglected, or emotionally, mentally, physically or sexually abused, you should contact your school guidance counselor RIGHT AWAY and ask them to help you facilitate contact with the state so that you can live in foster care, which in this case will be much safer for you.

Answer 3

You must be an adult, eighteen or over, in order to legally adopt.

Answer 4

yes, anyone under 18 can be potentially adopted