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We had to publish a public notice, as we did not know the current whereabouts of the **. With the court fees, lawyer fees, and fees for the notice, the adoption was about 3,000. We ended up having to drive down to the state that the divorce was final in because it was a very small town and they had no idea what we were talking about when we were requesting documents! i got so tiredof it I packed the kids up and made a road trip out of getting our documents from the courthouse. It ended up being a very memorable trip and I am glad that we did it.
Since we had to do the public notice, our adoption was uncontested, but the news paper fee was over $300 simply to run for a month, and it was a once a week paper, so it only ran 4 times! It can get pricey, but the good news is that most of the fees are spread out over the course of the adoption process, so you aren't hit too hard with large bills. Make sure your attourney knows that you are on, or wish to do a payment plan so that they are not expecting a large sum of money at the end of the process.
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