• Swordgeek@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    I’m in Canada, but much of the cost of adoption is the same.

    • Legal fees to change the parentage (and sometimes the name) of anchild.
    • Counselling for the birth parents.
    • Travel costs for the birth parents.
    • Background checks for the adoptive parents (legal, medical, and financial).
    • Counselling/social work for the adoptive parents.
    • Payment to the adoption agency for facilitating the whole process.

    The only significant difference I know of in the US is that some ahencies are for-profit, and medical costs aren’t covered by unicersal healthcare, so have to be added on.