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It does include the attorney, but only if we use the one the agency has an agreement with, and we will use her. 10K does not include homestudy fee (1000), application fee (150) and I believe maybe we have to pay for one of the follow up visits. But that's it! Plus they only work with bmoms in our state, so the only travel will be by vehicle and if needed we could stay one or two nights in a hotel and then drive back up home if the birth is on the other end of IN.
Call around! You might be surprised at what you find! I have found 3 different places with very low fees in my state. One place only charges $3K for placement, about $1K for legals and usually they do not have any bmom expenses or medical, if they do they said it is usually less than $500! I know a woman who adopted through them and only paid $5K (placement fee and legal and 1K for homestudy)!
Good luck, keep researching! I only found out about these places in my state by asking on these boards and friends who have adopted. They are out there, but since they are smaller, they don't have the big bucks to do all the national advertising.
Tammi
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