We have a couple that we know that just adopted a child.
Yeah? That must be nice! Are they excited about it?
I think they are just relieved at this point - it's such an undertaking to permanently transfer all the rights and responsibilities from the biological parents to the adoptive parents.
Yes I can't imagine. It must be hard for the kids real parents. 
With modern adoption now they are so governed by statues and regulations to protect both sides.  The biological parents of this particular child were drug abusers.
Oh no. Do you know if the kid had any health problems because of this?
lists each state's licensed agencies. There are both private and public adoption agencies. Private adoption agencies often focus on infant adoptions, while public adoption agencies typically help find homes for waiting children, many of them presently in foster care and in need of a permanent loving home. To assist in the adoption of waiting children, there is a U.S. government-affiliated website, AdoptUSKids.org, assisting in sharing information about these children with potential adoptive parents. The North American Council on Adoptable Children provides information on financial assistance to adoptive parents
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parent or parents. 
In many jurisdictions the adopted person's full original birth certificate is cancelled and replaced with a fabricated post-adoption birth certificate which states that the child was born to the adoptive parents. This deception, where carried out, may continue with the adopted person for