• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    not a lawyer or an expert but a quick Google seems to indicate in the US you have to pay to adopt a child, whereas I believe it’s free / you get paid in European countries.

    • wreel@lemmy.sdf.org
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      3 months ago

      Adopting children from US Foster Care systems actually come with perks (guaranteed Medicaid) and a stipend of sorts. Adopting newborns can cost $50k. It’s wild.

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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.

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      3 months ago

      Ohhh, that makes since. I didn’t even think to look that up, I thought that was the norm everywhere (paying for adoption, etc)