“Give My Baby Up For Adoption”

Merle GuttermanAdoption

One of the most difficult decisions that any person can make is to “give my baby up for adoption” or “put my baby up for adoption”. Quite frankly, these terms themselves are very harsh and as adoption professionals, we know that so much more goes into this decision when you find yourself with an unplanned pregnancy. Positive adoption language teaches …

Adoption ARC 25th Anniversary: Serving NJ, PA & DE

Merle GuttermanFirm News

A Quarter of a Century… it seems impossibly long but it flew by like the blink of an eye. On March 7, 1994 with the help of a room of professionals, family and friends, Adoption ARC was born in response to the thousands upon thousands of children in the foster care system who would never find a permanent home.  Every …

Happy Autumn 2017

Merle GuttermanFirm News

Happy Autumn, 2017: Welcome to Adoption ARC’s updated web site. We feel that birth families will have much more information easily accessible though this upgrade. It has been an incredibly busy year …

Mother’s Day and Birth Mother’s Day

Merle GuttermanAdoption

Twenty-three years ago, I became a mother for the first time! I was excited, nervous and full of hope. Adoption ARC was born. Okay, it was certainly a physically painless delivery but everything else was just as earth shattering. As a young attorney, I began my career doing child abuse and neglect cases and seeing children languish in foster care. …

Placing Your Child for Adoption

Merle GuttermanAdoption Placement

My name is Lauren. Several years ago, I found myself pregnant and without support. I was in school and not involved with the father of the child. My family was going through their own difficulties and …