To merge a group of cells and center the text, you can also use the Merge and Center button on the Excel tool bar. Again, this will only preserve the text in the upper-leftmost cell. Click the Merge and Center button on the toolbar.
The hospital should be notified of the adoption as far in advance of the birth mother's due date as possible. You should inform the hospital soon after you match with a birth mother. In an independent adoption, the birth mother's attorney usually makes initial contact with the hospital. In an agency adoption, communication is usually initiated by the social worker who has been guiding and counseling the birth mother.
In adoptions of children in foster care, attorneys for the birth parent(s) and. the adoptive parent(s) are paid for by the government. Unless the adopting parent(s) qualifies for free legal services, in private. placement adoptions and adoptions with private agencies where the children.