What are the average costs with adoption?
When we adopted our daughter in 2004, the total cost was around $30,000. It is all dependent on how you go about it. We adopted through an agency. We had multiple fees associated with that. Marketing fees, birth mother living expenses, traveling, and legal expenses. You do receive a $10,000 tax credit from the state after your adoption is finalized. (I think that may have gone up as well.) Everyone’s cost will be a little different depending on their situation. For example, my brother and sister-in-law have decided to become Foster Parents with the hopes to adopt. In that situation the state actually pays you and your only out of pocket expenses would be diapers, formula, etc… What made you decide to here in the U.S. instead of from another country? We wanted a newborn and if you adopt internationally they are older. The international process takes longer and there is a lot more paperwork associated with it. We were very anxious to start our family and wanted the shortest wait possible
