So, I recently had a conversation with my sister about my husband and I considering adoption. We've been TTC for a while now and I've had some medical problems come up and it's been very emotional and tiring for us, to the point where one of our next options may very well be a full blown hysterectomy. My husband and I are both 23. I have been dealing with these medical problems since I was born, and doctors still can't give a straight forward answer. So, we're thinking about adopting, which leads to the conversation my sister brought up. Say we were to find a woman, or a younger girl, who was pregnant and just flat out did not want her baby. Or maybe she just wanted to hide it, pretend it never happened.. (We understand most, not all, girls/women would want money.) But, what if... a big WHAT IF... we found someone who didn't want any money nor did not want the baby. Could she sign her parental rights over to us? Would we have to hire a lawyer? (Of course WE would! But hypothetically speaking..) I guess the question I'm asking is.. What all would need to be done to become the legal parents of this baby, in this situation. (And to clear this up now... My husband and I are going to go through an actual adoption agency, or surrogate. Whichever we choose. But my sister intrigued me with this scenario and I thought I would ask, could it be possible.) And another hypothetical scenario... what would need to be done if this said woman/girl who is pregnant and did not want her baby, is my sister/cousin/friend.. etc.