Cost For Adoption: 15 Tremendous reasons Why Adoption Costs.
One of the recurring questions I get from my blog reader is about the cost for adoption. The question is always ” What is the cost for adopting a baby?” Or “what does adoption cost in US?” Below are the answers to your question.
After conducting research about what adopting a baby costs, I found out that all adoption processes are not the same and all of them have different expenses. In this post, I will go through each adoption process and its expenses, so at last, you will know the cost for adoption and the factors that determine your expenses.
As I earlier said, there are many things that influence the cost for adoption; one of them is the type of adoption you are going through. For example, the cost for international adoption will be very different from the cost of adopting domestically, intercultural adoption, or even adopting from foster care, and there are also many reasons for that.
Let’s start with domestic adoption
Cost For Adoption: 15 Tremendous reasons Why Adoption Costs.
Domestic Adoption Costs.
Adopting a child from the United States of America can be too pricy because of so many factors.
They are
- Legal representation for both families ( adoptive and birth family), medical costs, phone and travel costs (for both families), home study, networking and advertising costs, etc.
- Agency and attorney fees.
- And also costs for application to the United States Citizenship.
All those things mentioned above are what make adoption costs from the US costs from $0- $50,000 and more.
As adoptive parents, if you contract through an adoption agency, you may pay about $24,000, to $45,000 which will include the cost for completing your home study, medical and living expenses ( for birth mom), legal, and traveling fee. Etc. To be on the safe side, ask your agency for a list of all their expenses to know what it looks like.
In as much as a private agency, adoption can be very expensive, yet there are agencies who can bring their fees down for you, especially if you located the birth mother yourself or if they know your income status.
According to Child information Gateway, if you found the birth parents yourself your fee can be reduced drastically. The cost can be cut down to $15,000- $40,000.