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i agree
I agree that the two should be completely separate. The adoption agency needs to represent one or the other... I have a hard time believing they have everyone's interests at heart.
I used an attorney...looked him up in the phone book actually. He specializes in family and criminal law. He's done work with the Gladney center here in the Dallas area. He made it perfectly clear that if I chose to raise my daughter that he would gladly do whatever was necessary to see that I had custody and child support coming in. He was wonderful and has become a dear friend.
He knew of several couples that were hoping to adopt and recommended I meet up with a few of them and see what I thought. I fell in love with the first couple. They hired their own attorney.
I never felt like I was not being informed of my options as my attorney repeatedly reminded me that I had choices and he was working for me.
After going through the process and it being finalized last week, I honestly think this is the best way to do an adoption. I don't see how an agency who is catering to both sides can truly have both interests at heart.
I agree there's a major conflict there.
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