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Hello everyone and thanks for the words of encouragement. DFS states they cannot tell her they are prepared to put the baby in foster care if she does not place him because that could be seen as coercing her to place. The DFS social worker thinks this girl is a scammer but I am hoping she is mistaken. I have worked in the medical field for many years and I know we can get cynical and jaded. That is why we have opted to keep in touch with this emom and help her in any way. Ohio law states that hopeful adoptive parents cannot directly pay any emom expenses except medical bills and lawyer fees. We are not paying all the bills that our agency has paid for her but it will eventually make it's way to the agency's placement fees. Everyone using that agency will eventually pay for her if this turns out to indeed be a scam. I am going to choose to have faith that she is just exploring her options until she proves the DFS worker wrong beyond a shadow of a doubt. Thanks for the support everyone! I will keep you posted...
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