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oldam1,
First of all, I would like to say congrats on the new baby coming into your life!
Also, depending on what State you live in, your Lawyer may be able to request that the Judge waive the homestudy. They do that sometimes in relative adoptions where the parents are VTPR. If the judge will waive this, then you will saved alot of $$$$!
We adopted my husband's distant relative. The Judge waived the homestudy, the 6 months waiting period and it was all fast and very inexpensive.
My ason's mom also had counseling, which was paid for by medicaid. Even though she had planned on originally parenting, she said she no bond whatsoever with her son. She wanted to place him for adoption, but didn't want him to go to just anyone(her words, not mine). He was 4 days old when she was incarserated and we were called to see if we could care for him while she did her time. Well, after she was released, she had one visit with him and asked us to adopt. She just didn't have a bond with him at all(again, her words). His bdad has been out of the picture since conception. He is running from the law and his rights were terminated through the Courts.
Anyway, there is much more to my story, but I just wanted to let you know that there are certain situations when the Courts will waive the homestudy and the adoption process is very simple and inexpensive.
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