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You know, I think the two previous posts raise a really important point that is important to the OP's question. While I agree that it would be useful to understand an attorney's views on some of these issues, e.g. open adoption and counseling just because you are choosing a personal representative and you want to be comfortable with them, I don't at all agree that it's unethical for a lawyer to advise against an aparent allowing birthparents to take a child home. Lawyers are required, under the rules of the American Bar Association, to zealously represent their clients. Not the birthparents, not the hospital, not the agency.
A lawyer is an advocate, not a liaison. I think that's an important distinction between lawyers and agencies. I think, in fact, that it may be a deciding factor in using one instead of the other. Agencies do act as liaisons, and the ethics that apply to that position are different.
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