Do you know what the legal fees are?
Do you know that birth mother can change her mind and have the court take the child away from you?
Would you agree to an “open adoption” where the birth parents have visitation rights?
Change those laws, and adoption may become more popular.
Yes,to all the above......My son and his wife wanted to adopt due to being UN-able to have children. When the lawyer told them the cost, they couldn’t afford it. However they now have a child at age forty one. He’s a beautiful little boy , born with.... http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/cardiac/hlhs.html which just makes him more precious.
Congratulations to them!
And even at 41, they are “spring chickens” so if they want to adopt again they should look into religious organizations that have reduced fees or perhaps an organization like WACAP or Little Miracles that waives or reduces fees for “waiting” children
The federal (and often state) tax credits (direct CREDITS) can make up quite lot of the fees for some adoptions