Beginning the adoption process for families is a very exciting time. Normally families who want to adopt have talked about this day for a long time and cannot wait until the day they bring a child home. During the adoption process it is not likely for the families to consider or think that they would ever want to dissolve the adoption at some point in the future; however, sometimes this happens. Dissolution can occur and Lifeline Children Services has a policy in place if this were to happen with one of the families they serve. Lifeline is an agency in Birmingham, Alabama that serves families who want to adopt. Lifeline works domestically as well as internationally. If dissolution occurs Lifeline has a process that they go through before the dissolution can be finalized. Ultimately, the best interest of the child is looked after. First, the worker would need to determine whether the child is in any danger of emotional, physical or sexual abuse or medical neglect. …show more content…
It will affect the whole family. A few things that Lifeline will look at when the topic of dissolution is brought up is: has the family been trained and prepared for their adoption, have resources been exhausted, and has the family been willing to work through the difficulties (Parker, 2017)? These are all very important questions. In most cases, according to Lea Anne Parker, a worker at Lifeline, dissolution is about the failure of the parent(s) to attach to the child and not about the child’s behavior or medical condition. You often hear a lot about the adoptive child having issues with attachment, but not so much about the parent(s) having issues; however, attachment goes both ways and both the child and parent can be affected by