Blackmailed me for my baby. Lied to the aparents about my desire to stay in my childs life. Aparents are total lunatics. Amom is anorexic ADMITTED alcoholic, posts on facebook how she resented my son and the adoption and motherhood for YEARS!!!! agency wont send me paperwork notbecen after almost 10 years!!! They literally said to me at 22 weeks pregnant, "if you change your mind you will be sues for more than 20k."
They REFUSE to send me ANY paperwork claiming they have NONE. They send me to "my" lawyer, whom i never met, who refuses to send me my paperwork. They sent me a CHECK after placement. But i never did my visits.

I cannot say enough wonderful things about ANLC. These people have become extended family to my son and without them, I wouldn't be a mom today. From my first phone call to my finalization hearing, there was someone with me every step of the way. It was such a struggle for me to come to the decision to adopt as a single parent, but once I made the decision, I knew I was in good hands with ANLC. My advice to anyone considering adoption is to call them. I never felt pressured, but I always felt supported. They answered all of my million questions throughout my entire adoption process and I will be forever grateful for that. Adopting my son was the best decision I've ever made and he is worth every penny, every tear, and every minute I waited for him. Now that we're together, it is so clear that we were always meant to be a family.

After a lot of research, we decided to start our adoption journey with Adoption Network Law Center, 4 years ago. We were told by their lead Attorney that it would take about 14-18 months before we have a little newborn baby. At that time, we were gender and race specific. If you decide on a girl, they charge an extra $5,000+. The total initial payment we paid UPFRONT to ANLC came out to $26,000+ not including the FBI clearance fees and Home Study fee which totaled $1,250. The home study must be renewed yearly.
Every 5-6 weeks we would get a call with an update from our assigned liaison. After two years, they switched us to a different liaison. Then the calls pretty much stopped. We would get an occasional email with an update on our website numbers and how many of our fliers went out to potential birth moms – typically two fliers. The emails all said pretty much the same thing: numbers and some adoption literature, pretty well scripted.
Since it had been almost two years of waiting, we asked our liaison if they had any feedback or suggestions on our profile just to help us figure out if we should make any changes. They said it was all perfect. After 3.5 years, we got an email suggesting that we should re-write some parts of our birth mother letter and send in more updated photos - which we did. We wanted to everything we cold to better our profile.
It has now been FOUR long years of waiting and still nothing. Not even a lead, an interest, nothing. Just the occasional email update and literature. The whole process has been very difficult and draining emotionally. All of the “hang in there” emails and getting nowhere has been disappointing for us. We started asking each other, “Why are we not being chosen? What makes us so undesirable? “
Our Liaison has always told us not to give up. We are not giving up on our adoption journey. But we have decided to give up on Adoption Network Law Center. They have made this a sad and disappointing experience for us.
They are good salespeople, but the follow through and the execution leave a lot to be desired. After you sign-up and pay the big fees, they have made their money and their motivation drops. My advice would be to carefully choose an organization that doesn’t ask for all the fees upfront. Let them do the work to help you fulfill your dream of adopting a child. Once they do their job, then they should get paid well. Also, do not put all your eggs in one basket. Look to additional organizations at the same time. You will be better off with 3 or 4 organizations that charge considerably less, than paying this big one, because of their reviews and sharp salespeople!

Very friendly staff! Felt very comfortable talking with the adoption advocate there. Hoping to be working with them in the near future!

As adoptive parents we would highly recommend Adoption Network Law Center without hesitation. We began our adoption journey in October 2015 and with the love and support from ANLC we survived 3 disruptions and were finally blessed with our beautiful baby girl in Sept 2017. As a same sex couple we were nervous about picking the right agency for us and with ANLC we felt supported every step of the way. The entire staff is professional, dedicated and compassionate. They were always available to answer any questions or concerns and even provided a few "pep-talks" when needed. A very heart felt thank you to Kris, Marta and Mary for bringing our family together and for welcoming us to the ANLC forever family!

We waited a long while to be selected by a birth mother. We remained patient and prayed daily. The ANLC staff was supportive, caring and did truly care about us. God Bless and THANK YOU!!!

Hello I'm Kyra and my experience was great if I could do it again I would I didn't have much support but Mrs Tricia was very helpful and a great support system for me everyone was perfessional and nice I love the family that I chose and to any one out here looking to go through a adoption agency this one is great I recommend it to every mother​ out here that's needed that support for there situation thank you guys sending hugs to the staff

Would not recommend this place. They were helpful and nice in the beginning but there was hardly any communication with family and some of the workers were flat out rude. You have no privacy at all it was just horrible towards the end. They sent very nasty messages once I decided on a better choice for my child someone closer and way nicer and better they're all about the parents rather than the birth parents they don't care at all and are really rude. Please think wisely before choosing them.

The case workers here are rude as hell they don't care about birth mothers and they think adoption is all about "finances" and "buissness" news flash when someone is making a life changing Decision like adoption be more supportive of the adoption, rather what you guys THINK someone wants to GAIN horrible agency I even had a case worker here inquire about my race and that African americans dnt adopt and usually change there minds towards the end. Do your research before talking with thesse agencys they are the users and are taking pepoles children.and.selling them like animals and not caring about the birth mom and how she feel's, if she is OK if there will be contact afterwards, or anything hell they will tell you a family is open.and the family really wants a closed adoption.. Thanks to a more friendly and honest local agency I will be placing my child with a family, the agency knows personally and they really are concerned with the adoption process as a whole...

Terrible. Have been waiting for nearly 4 years, and only 1 potential match. They started out contacting us a lot until we had paid all the fees and put together our profile information. Since those first few months there has been minimal contact from ANLC. When we did have a match, we personally had to do nearly all the communication with the birth mother ourselves. We also had to coordinate all of the attorney processes with no help from ANLC. The adoption was disrupted, and our contract says they will send us Phase III money back until the next match. That was August 2016. Now, 8 months later, still no money!! With repeated attempts to get an answer, ANLC just keeps putting us off. We don't even feel that they are trying to match us with someone any longer and now they have stolen a portion of the fees we are due to get back! Would never recommend them!!

Anlc is not for The Birth mothers. As a birth mother of 2 adopted children i would NOT recommend ANY Birth mothers to choose this agency. You want to feel secure and comfortable during this hard time. Not badgered and stressed. They babysit you the whole way. You have no privacy or independence. There are better option for you birth moms. Do not settle for this. They scam us and focus entirely on adoptive families.

We looked and spoke with other agencies, but ANLC is the one that we choose because when first speaking to them they treated us like family and not just another number. ANLC staff are all amazing they were there for us from the start and continue even after adoption was complete. We continue to keep in contact with them. Danielle and Mary are true ANGELS they will always be a part of our family. We are truly thankful to ANLC for our blessing. She has brought so much joy our family. If you are looking for an agency this is the one.

ANLS has been the answer to our prayers. Danielle and the staff at ANLC have been absolutely wonderful. They were with us throughout the entire process; we never felt alone and always felt assured that our greatest dream would be realized. After my wife and I found out we were unable to conceive we were devastated. ANLC immediately embraced us and made us feel like their only mission in life was to help us realize our dream of having a child of our own to love, and boy did they deliver. In less than 12 months after registering with ANLC, I was in the hospital cutting the umbilical cord of our beautiful baby boy. I can’t express the joy we feel every time we look at our son and how grateful we are to ANLC for being “human”. Everyone at ANLS was so available and genuinely compassionate, even the contracted entities provided outstanding services and support. ANLC is absolutely the best and we will always be grateful to them for making our family complete.

Troy and Barbara

My wife and I could not be happier with our experience with ANLC. Each staff member was caring and attentive to our needs throughout the entire process. We would highly recommend ANLC to anyone wanting to start a family

We are so thankful for ANLC and how they have helped our dearest dreams to come true! We have used them for 3 of our 4 adoptions and would highly recommend them for anyone wanting to grow their family through adoption. They are professional and compassionate and are ready and willing to answer the hundreds of questions and calm the fears that are so real in any adoption venture. Adoption is an emotional roller coaster at best and they do and excellent job of making it go as smoothly and stress free as possible. Thank you Danielle, Mary, Tammy and all the others that we have worked with over the years. You are our heroes! Now excuse me while I go and squeeze my darling children!

We began the process with another agency that was recommended but it turned into three disappointing years. We decided to proceed with locating another agency. Adoption Network Law Center was highly rated and many families were quickly matched. However, the caring and responsive people of ANLC were what sold us. We had many fears about adoption including never being matched, a birthmother changing her plans and not having a healthy baby. We did not experience a disruption but the birthmother almost refused to sign her rights because she did not believe that we would continue the birthmother trust fund after the birth. On December 3, 2015, we feel in love with a 6 pound 5 oz. baby girl. Jazlyn had to stay in the hospital for 7 days to be observed for her withdrawal symptoms from opiates. She continued to experience withdrawals after her hospital stay and it lasted 2 months. She is now 7 months old and has reached every milestone. We love to hear her giggle, see her smile and watch her discover the world around her. We would not change a thing about our journey because we would not have our Jazlyn. Please keep your hope alive, an open mind and know ANLC will be with you every step of the way. I feel like this agency was part of our family then and now. Betsy, Marta and Mary were our life line during the adoption and are the best! Thank you!

ANLC was wonderful and we have a beautiful baby girl. Our first birthmother changed her mind on the second day. When we returned home ANLC was there for us to get through it. Within 2 weeks we were placed with another birthmother. But that didn't work out. We were placed with third and final birthmother less than a month later and had the best experience. We feel like ANLC did everything they could to make our dreams come true. Very friendly and helpful staff. Thank you Marta & Ellen.

ANLC helped make all of our dreams come true!

When we decided that adoption would be the way we would start a family, the process seemed so complicated and we did not know where to start. After speaking to a couple of agencies, we had a consultation with ANLC. Everyone we dealt with at ANLC was so knowledgeable and so willing to answer all of our questions. We instantly know that we wanted to work with ANLC to make our dreams come true.

ANLC helped us through every step of the process. We could call whenever we had any questions or even just to talk about whatever we needed to. ANLC helped us build our website and gave us guidance in writing our birthmother letter. We were so incredibly fortunate to be matched with our baby only 12 days after our website went live. We also learned that our baby would be due in 2 months!!

We were beyond excited and ANLC was right there to help make sure we accomplished everything we needed to in those short months. Everyone at ANLC was so patient and kind and was so willing to talk to us while we waited to help up overcome our fears and anxieties. Our birthmother was in our same state just a few hours away. We met our son only hours after he was born and we were able to have him in our own room at the hospital almost every moment until we took him home. I fed him his very first bottle and changed his very first diaper!

We were so blessed and fortunate to have found ANLC. Everyone we dealt with at every stage treated us like we were family. We could not have had a more amazing experience with ANLC. Our son is now 11 months old and we are celebrating our his first Christmas and our very first Christmas as a family!

ANLC was our choice when we decided to adopt a baby. I'm not going to lie be prepared for all the necessary paperwork you will need to fill out. Rest assure it will all be worth it at the end. We joined ANLC in late May 2014 and when we finished our profiles and went live the first week of September 2014 by the 3rd week we got our call that we had been selected. On November 14 2014 we became the parents of "A Beautiful Daughter ". We were able to have her for during Thanksgiving & Christmas last year and I have to say that it has been the most magical year of our lives. During the adoption process you will go through an emotional roller coaster. I wouldn't change it for the world. I cannot say enough about the people at ANLC. You will not be disappointed during your journey! ANLC will guide you every step of the way. When we had questions or concerns we would get responses within 24 hours. If we decide to adopt again will will go through ANLC.

We are so blessed with our daughter, having her in our arms in almost 9 months to starting with ANLC was a miracle, dream and now reality. ANLC was amazing-the staff were so supportive throughout every step of the process. We couldn't have asked for a better staff full of compassion, knowledge and true investment in our adoption plan. Thank you ANLC for making our dreams to become parents come true!!

Everyone at ANLC were so professional and very supportive from beginning to end of our adoption journey they became like part of our family. We are so thankful that we chose them to make our adoption dreams come true, we now have a little baby girl to call our own. Thanks ANLC!

To Kristin and everyone at ANLC,
When my husband and I decided we wanted to adopt, we were looking for someone who would provide a positive personal experience. After researching, we chose to start the process with one of our local agencies. Even though the agency was in our home town, we would learn that they were not what we had expected. They did not return our calls and failed to support us when we had questions or concerns. I was devastated. We had spent a lot of time and money with them. In my heart, I knew there was a child out there that was meant to be in our family. I was so nervous to look at other places across the nation. If I couldn't get the help and support locally, how could I ever expect it from someone in another state. From the moment I spoke with Betsy, she instantly calmed my nerves. She took the time to explain and answer my questions. Never once did I feel pressured. Each time I spoke with her, I became more sure of the decision we were about to make. After speaking with Kris, we took the leap with ANLC and it was the best decision we ever made. With each step, I felt like someone was right beside me holding my hand. My phone calls were quickly returned, my questions were answered, and everyone was always positive and reassuring. In less than a month we were preparing to bring a baby home. After a couple weeks, we learned that child would not be coming home to us. Even though we had hit a hurdle, I still had faith. Never would I have imagined that 2 days later our lives would change. We received a call early in the morning that our little girl was already born. Even though we were flying across the nation, I felt like Mary, our adoption adviser, was with us. She made sure everything was arranged for us when we showed up. She made sure there was someone at the hospital to help us. She checked in with us frequently to make sure everything was going well. Not only were we supported, ANLC made sure that our daughter's birth mother had the support she needed as well. We have a wonderful open adoption. Our little girl is the light of our lives. I thank God each day for bringing us to you. THANK YOU ALL for everything! Because of you, Miracles do happen.
Meghan and Dave

If you are looking for a professional law center that can handle every adoption situation you can imagine... Look no further than Adoption Network! They are so kind, compassionate and caring during the sometimes stressful adoption process & you will have every question answered. We had been through the ringer like many couples adopting. We signed up with a local agency and waited and waited. In 9 months our portfolio was only shown once. We found ANLC through the help of a friend who had also adopted with them. We were impressed with their marketing expertise on the web! We loved that they had housing in CA to help birth-mothers in need! We loved that they received hundreds of calls every month from birth-mothers and were selective in taking on truly adoption minded birth-mothers. We loved that they specialized in adoption caring for birth-mom's and adoptive couples.

In just 3 months before our profiles were even live on the web we received our first call about a "situation". "Situations" are always good in the adoption world. Even though this opportunity did not work out for us we were elated to be called and our paper profile showed in such a short time frame. Our counselor Danielle called me every month to check in and be sure we were doing well. She was so positive and we really got to know one another on those monthly calls. When they had a birth-mom call in and want a "specific-type of family" she thought of us and called us regarding this special "situation". It was a perfect match for our family. The birth-mother did select us. When we did get the real call 11 months after signing on with them we could not have been happier!!! We visited our birthmother in CA where she stayed in the housing ANLC provides when needed. We were able to visit with her and meet her mother on two visits. Ellen who runs the housing for the birth-mothers was beyond amazing throughout the months leading up to our daughter's birth.

ANLC worked with us to not only adopt a beautiful baby girl on the West Coast in CA so we were able to visit the agency and see the professional staff up close, but they also allowed us to adopt an East Coast baby at the same time through a personal friend. This was actually a major deciding factor for our birth-mom who wanted her baby to have a close friend. She had twin sisters herself so we were doubly blessed by the professionalism of ANLC! We were blessed with our "Christmas blessing" in December of 2013 and our "Double Portion" four short weeks later in January 2014. We have "TWIN BABY GIRLS" through adoption and a happy big sister who adores them both. If you want to adopt a baby, I cannot say enough about the people at ANLC. You will not be disappointed - may God bless your journey!

Dear ANLC. we have been truly blessed by our adoption experience. Our daughter, Hannah Grace, is now 5 yrs. old and brings joy to our lives and has completed our family. More than five years ago, we decided to take a leap of faith and adopt a baby. We are pro-life, and have participated in many pro-life activities in the past. We felt a need to help a mother in a pregnancy crisis and save a baby We found ANLC when we did on-line research and were impressed when we received a prompt response to our questions and concerns. After interviewing many adoption agencies, we decided on ANLC and don't have any regrets. After 3 months of paperwork, home study, and prayers, we were matched with a birthmother that lived in our state. We visited her 2 times while she was pregnant and developed a trusting relationship. She kept her pregnancy a secret from her family and boyfriend. When the time of the baby's delivery arrived, we were nervous and excited. Hannah was born C-section, while I held the birthmother's hand. The first thing I saw were her tiny hands and arms reaching out to the sky, like if she was saying "I'm here!, take me!" The adoption counselor was present for the 2 days we waited in the hospital. We thank God for her presence to make the transition peaceful and comfortable for the birthmother and us. We went back to our home with a new baby, welcomed by her new big sister and grandmother. Five years later, these memories still bring so much joy to us. We love our gift and cherish every moment we spend with our little angle. We have so many joyful memories to share with you, but that would require a book to be written. We appreciate and are truly grateful for all the love and support ANLC gave us to make our adoption journey a success.
With Love and Peace Always, Jeff & Alice Curl

We couldn't be happier with the services provided by ANLC. Adoption is a very stressful process, but ANLC was able to guide us steadily through everything in a very loving and caring way. Their staff is excellent, knowledgeable, and highly trained. After going live with ANLC, we were matched with a wonderful birthmother within three months, and our son was born within eight months. Our dreams of becoming parents finally came true because of the help we received through ANLC. We couldn't be happier at this point in our lives. It was a wonderful experience all around.

It's the scariest thing that we had ever done, putting absolute trust in the hands of a company that we had researched on line, but honestly knew little about!! From start to finish, our hands were held and everything was taken care of!! When we were ready to call it quits, our miracle call came!! ANLC made sure that not only the LEGAL aspect was taken care of, but that our Birth Mother was assured a safe place to reach out and call when she needed help more than ever!! We thank ANLC for completing our family puzzle with professionalism, dedication and love!! Now 18 months later, we couldn't have imagined not making the phone call - Highly recommend!!

My wife and I needed to heal after a painful "family friend" failed adoption attempt. We looked at several agencies and chose ANLC. We could not be happier. We were there at our daughters birth and have been blessed ever since.

I can not say enough about how wonderful our experience was, not only was everyone kind, knowledgeable and understanding to us but our birth mother as well!!!we brought our child home one month after signing up with your agency and we love our birth mother and father as well as the birth grandparents and tell everyone how amazing Adoption Network is I wish I could name all the amazing people we got to work with! We had been through "the system" and were so scared to take this journey but we had such amazing help every step of the way this can be a truly scary time birth mothers change their minds things can go wrong and having a team of loving people to hold your hand through it makes such a huge difference THANK YOU ANLC!!!

Like everyone considering adoption, we weren't sure where to turn and who to trust. We interviewed and explored several agencies and finally went with our gut. We chose ANLC for their professionalism, honesty, upfront considerations and overall caring attitude. For any concerns or questions, we were given devoted discussion time and Kristin Yellin herself even joined in on a session with us. We were impressed and we were not disappointed. We posted our profile just a few months after signing on and two weeks later we were matched. We were able to participate in the birth of our daughter and connect with the birthparents (and their families) as well. ANLC gave wonderful guidance and support to both us and our birthparents. They linked us with exceptional social workers in our area, lawyer support and counseling services for our birthparents. They were forthright in their estimates for cost and possible expenses to anticipate and we were never taken by surprise. We were supported in our choices and preferences along the way and gave our trust to them to advocate for us with their extensive media resources. We owe ANLC so much for being there not only for us but for attracting our birthparents to their website. We would have never been connected with what seems like a "match made in heaven" if it wasn't for their services. We are forever grateful for our beautiful daughter and the special relationship we have with her birth family that we never even knew could exist. If we decide to adopt again, we would wholeheartedly travel the adoption journey once again with ANLC without a doubt. Good luck with your own journey.

I very seldom take time to post reviews but felt compelled to do so because of our wonderful experience with ANLC. Adoption Network Law Center was the answer to our adoption prayers! We spent the better part of two difficult years with a local state adoption agency experiencing the highs and lows of waiting for a potential match. After experiencing two failed attempts locally we reached out to ANLC and they were exactly what we needed. Their staff were extremely qualified and sensitive to our situation and needs. They were able to walk us through the national level process and answered all our questions along the way. We always felt like they had our best interests in mind.

We were matched with a wonderful birthmother shortly after signing up with ANLC. The process was done in a way that everyone knew what the steps were going to be along the journey and there were no surprises. We were in the delivery room with the birthmother and have been blessed with a daughter through the experience. We agreed to an open adoption and have developed a wonderful relationship with our daughters birthmother. ANLC helped us and the birthmother all throughout the process.

We could not be more pleased with ANLC and would recommend them to anyone. We were so pleased that we just started the journey to adopt again through ANLC!

I have nothing but good things to say about ANLC. That is not to say that my adoption experience was perfect. Within a few months of beginning our adoption journey with ANLC we were presented with a potential mom and I was beyond excited. The day of our match call things fell apart due to misrepresentation of the birth mother. Our ANLC advisor definitely looked out for us and we were fully reimbursed for all expenses we paid. In the next year we had two other matches, one ended due to miscarriage and the other when the mother changed her mind. Both times we were offered counseling through ANLC that I found invaluable. Nearly 2 years after we began working with ANLC we were successfully matched and are now parents. Without the support of Danielle and Ellen I'm not sure that would have happened. ANLC is expensive, but the support and security we experienced made us feel it was worth it.

My husband and I started our adoption process with Adoption Network Law Center (ANLC) in year 2009, and we received “THE CALL” on February 6, 2013. Let us say, it was worth the wait. We are ever so grateful to the birth mother for her courageous decision and special thanks to ANLC for making it all possible.

The wait was long but, our client liaison had faith that we will be matched with the right birth mother at the right time. We were blessed to meet our birth mother a few days before she gave birth. True enough, we adopted the most wonderful baby boy that our hearts could hope for and we felt an instant bond.

The ANLC staff work well with our birth mother and also with us as a waiting family. They showed the utmost in care and compassion. We always made it a point to speak highly of ANLC to friends who are looking into adopting. All the ANLC staff are GREAT!!!

Matthew and Chelvi Carlson
Sun, June 22, 2014

Adoption Network was easy to work with and always available. We felt supported through the process and had the perfect ending to a very long journey! We can't wait to use them next time.

The only reason I cannot give 5 stars to ANLC is that the adoption process is daunting, filled with questions and down right scary. What I can say is that because of ANLC, we have the most beautiful little boy and it took just over a year for the entire process. We looked at a number of different agencies and to be honest, ANLC just seemed to be the right fit for us. We're thinking of adopting again, and I won't hesitate to use them again... It's a roller coaster ride for sure...

We adopted our baby girl through ANLC, and couldn't be happier. After trying the government-county route and being delay for two years, we turned to ALNC to help us adopt. In under a year, we were matched, and our girl was born in early 2012. Through the process, we were helped to express our best attributes to birth mothers, and to understand the process fully. I was also very impressed with the emphasis that they put on the well being of the birth mother, as this was also a concern of ours. I urge anyone considering ALNC to make the trip to Lake Forest, CA, meet the owners and staff, and see how great this outfit really is.

We can’t say enough nice things about ANLC. We began our adoption journey about 2.5 years with a Chinese International adoption. Unfortunately we were told our wait was going to be another 5 years. We were devastated! We then decided to look into domestic adoption, which became overwhelming because there are so many entities to choose from and everyone provides you different guidance and information. We took a leap of faith and selected ANLC because of our Consultant. She was so eager to address my questions and was also available, which had not been my experience with other entities that I was interviewing.
The reason for me taking the time to share my experience is to give other adoptive families hope and the peace of mind that they will also be able to adopt a child if they chose ANLC. I want them to feel confident that they will also have an outstanding experience if they chose ANLC.
The staff at ANLC is kind, caring, patient, and very polite. They were very responsive to all our questions. I don’t think we even waited 24 hours for a response. Their marketing practices are AMAZING!!!! We were very selective in our criteria and accepted an adoption opportunity with a beautiful, healthy baby girl with in 7 days of completing our paperwork. Every other entity told us to expect a 2 year wait and initially ANLC advised us that our wait would be 4 to 12 months. They far surpassed any of our expectations!!!!
We can’t even begin to express our gratitude to ANLC. We would recommend them to everyone because we are 100% confident that there is NOT a more reputable, efficient, compassionate people oriented agency that exists.
All we can say is thank you to ANLC especially our Consultant and Advisor. You will forever be our hearts.

From our Happy Family