Placing Twins or Multiples for Adoption in Indiana

By: Grant Kirsh

Finding out you are pregnant is overwhelming. Finding out you are pregnant with twins, when you were not ready for even one baby, can feel impossible. If you are expecting twins or multiples and thinking about how to give up your babies for adoption in Indiana, here is what you need to know.

At Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C., a family-run Indiana adoption law firm with nearly 50 years of experience and over 5,000 private newborn adoptions, we have helped birth mothers place twins, and we can help you.

Will a Family Take Both Babies?

Yes. This is the first fear most mothers of multiples have, and we can put it to rest. Families hoping to adopt twins are out there, and they are overjoyed at the chance. Many of the more than 100 carefully screened families waiting to adopt through our firm would welcome twins without hesitation. Your babies will be placed together, in the same loving home, growing up side by side. We do not, and will not, split up twins. We have heard of other agencies in the past splitting up twins. This is nothing we would ever do.

The Process Is the Same, With Extra Care

Placing twins works the same way as placing one baby. You choose the family. You decide the level of ongoing contact, and all of our families commit to letters and photos for at least 18 years at minimum. You cannot sign a consent until after the babies are born under Indiana Code 31-19-9-2(b), and you will almost certainly never have to step foot in a courtroom.

What changes with multiples is mostly practical. Twin pregnancies often involve more medical appointments, and sometimes a NICU stay after delivery. Remember that medical expenses related to your pregnancy and delivery can be covered by the adoptive family, outside the $4,000 living expense limit in Indiana Code 35-46-1-9, along with transportation to your appointments. Counseling will be covered 100% by the adoptive family too. Our services are 100% free to you, whether you are placing one baby or three.

Choosing a Family Ready for Two

When you review family profiles, we will point you toward families who are prepared for multiples: families with the space, the resources, the flexibility, and the excitement to welcome two babies at once. As we tell every birth mother, all of our families are carefully screened, so you really cannot make a bad decision. You just need to make the decision that feels right to you.

Double the Updates, Double the Love

In an open adoption with twins, you will watch two children grow up together in the letters and photos you receive. Mothers who place twins tell us there is real comfort in knowing their babies have each other, a built-in best friend for life, in a family that wanted them both.

You Do Not Have to Carry This Alone

Two babies can feel like twice the weight on your shoulders right now. Let us carry the details. Whether you are in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, South Bend, Carmel, Fishers, Bloomington, Hammond, Gary, Muncie, Lafayette, Terre Haute, Kokomo, Anderson, or Greenwood, we answer 24/7/365.

Call or text us at 800-333-5736. Visit us at IndianaAdoption.com. Everything is free and confidential.

For a complete overview of your options, read our guide: Your Options With an Unplanned Pregnancy in Indiana.

About the Author
Grant Kirsh is a second-generation adoption attorney and owner of Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C., a family law firm in Indianapolis, Indiana that has been serving Indiana families since 1981. Grant graduated from Indiana University McKinney School of Law in 2013 and has personally handled nearly 3,000 foster care adoptions and his law firm has handled over 5,000 private newborn adoptions. He practices all forms of domestic adoption, with a deep personal commitment to expectant mothers considering adoption in Indiana and Indiana’s foster care system and the families and children it serves.