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Crick – thank you, work called (had to go testify on a really nasty tax bill) and I had to step away. That is exactly the point I was trying to make.
Wizard – thanks for the code. I was looking under family law and not the penal code. They do call it charity meaning: Rules or conditions of payment may be extracted from this statute. Those conditions of payment are that each expense must be:
Maternity-connected;
Necessary;
Of the mother;
Preceding and during “confinement;”
An act of charity; and
Paid unconditionally.
But, that also means that it is voluntary. It troubles me that some will go against their beliefs to get what they want. If you don’t agree don’t pay them; I sure as heck wouldn't help out more than what I felt was necessary and even then I would never pay directly.
I believe I’ve read several threads in the past on this forum that agency fees have gone up according to adoption tax credit increases. Somebody’s making big money and it sure isn’t going to benefit children or keep their birth parents in the lap of luxury. I’ve never said that adoptive parents are rich; I’ve never even thought that. I have stated, many times, that I think reforms have got to happen to protect all members of the triad from fraud, coercion and harm. I think it’s ridiculous that parents are forced into taking out loans all with the expectation that the taxpayers will pay them back. It all just smells bad to me.
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Paige
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