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09/14/06

How much did your domestic adoption cost?

Posted by : Adrienne Bashista in Hoping to Adopt Blog at 10:16 am , 170 words, 579 views
Categories: Cost

I am conducting a very unscientific survey here on my blog today. I'd like to know how much it cost to do your domestic, private adoption.

Please let me know if you used and agency or not, and if you can breakdown the costs (like attorney fee, agency fee, medical expenses, etc) that would be great.

The reason I ask is that 3 1/2 years ago when we were looking into domestic adoption we were told that it would costs upwards of $20,000...so we might as well consider going international. But I've been looking around and I see numbers a lot less than that...as well as a lot higher.

I don't want anyone to think I'm reducing adoption down to the financial aspects - if you read this blog or my russian adoption blog you will realize that is not the case - but I think so many people think that it's financially out of their reach to adopt...when in reality that's not true.

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Anyhoo, any takers for my survey?

6 comments

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Comment from: marymartha [Member]

apx 16,000 for domestic through a national agency. Open adoption, placed in seven months of waiting.

Permalink 09/14/06 @ 13:36

Comment from: Lori [Member]

We adopted our son (Newborn domestic) 8 years ago... watch out they grow up fast !!

We spent 14thousand. Without digging out paperwork I can not really breakdown the cost.

3 years later our agency approached us about adopted a 17month old girl. Because they came to us the cost were very minimal around 1thousand.

Permalink 09/14/06 @ 16:52

Comment from: Peanut [Member]

We have adopted 3 children, newborns & we never used an agency. We located the older 2's first moms through word of mouth & after meeting contacted an attorney. Our son we located through an online contact.This is estimated...
#1 in 1997 costs were $4,500.oo
$1,200=Homestudy, $800=Hospital, $2,500=Legals
#2 in 2002 costs were $4,500.00 $1,000=HS,$3,500=Legals
#3 in 2004 costs were $9,200.oo $1,000=HS,$5,000=B-mom's agency, $3,200=Legals(this time we paid a lawyer for B-mom & 1 for us)

The only fees we ever paid before we brought each baby home was the HS fee, everything else was only paid after relinquishment was signed.

Permalink 09/14/06 @ 21:47

Comment from: Adrienne Bashista [Member]

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These responses just go to show that you should do your homework when it comes to adoption. For us it worked out all for the best, but if we do it again we will need to be very mindful of expenses.
Thanks!
Adrienne

Permalink 09/15/06 @ 04:06

Comment from: Peanut [Member]

You know I looked back at my post & see it might seem like you should add all the figures for a total. Sorry bout that..
Our TOTAL costs were..
1= $4,500
2= $4,500
3= $9,200
Did not mean to be unclear. We highly reccomend Independent adoption, just be careful to consult an attorney before ANY money changes hands.
Good luck if you decide to adopt again!

Permalink 09/15/06 @ 14:45

Comment from: Heather [Member]

We used two different local agencies. #1 was about $11K and #2 was about $13K. #3 will be less than #2 because we are using the same agency. I can't remember the breakout, just that you pay in installments as you went through the process (initial deposit, homesteady, placement after birthparents terminate parental rights and finalization).

Permalink 09/16/06 @ 22:38

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