what is Home Study??

jessmo · 02-03-2005, 12:37 AM

and how long does it last for? Thank you in advance

~Lisa~ · 02-03-2005, 06:02 AM

I like to think of it this way. The judge of coarse can't come into your home to see what kind of person you are your back ground etc. So he sends someone to do so. They check out your living arrangements, home, back ground etc. I believe that the process is different in certain adoptions and states. I had one home study done after placement of my daughter, some people have them done "before" and "after" placement. Just depends....

It's something that I believe a lot of people dread and feel scared about during their adoption but it's nothing to be afraid of. I thought of it as the person doing the homestudy as being the eyes and ears for the judge and just relaxed and had a good time talking to her while she did ours.

Hope this helped some in explaining it.

Lisa2008 · 02-03-2005, 07:41 PM

different sw do it differently, we had 3 meeting with the sw in our home, each meeting lasting about 2 or 3 hours.
they definitly go well if you are able to kinda make friends with the sw. if was not scary at all, even though i had myself all worked up about it.