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funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨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.

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wreel@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨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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- UnsavoryMollusk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I was not aware of that, do you have more details on hand ?
  
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swordgeek@lemmy.ca ⁨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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2ugly2live@lemmy.world ⁨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)

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- jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The premise in action before our very eyes.
  
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