[mommiedearest]

My husband wants to adopt my two children. We consulted a lawyer yesterday and her fee would be $1000 for both children but that doesn't include the $400 fee for in-home investigation. We originally thought we would try to do this ourselves but have no idea where to begin or what we would need to do. The lawyer is unwilling to guide us and let us do the work, of course we do not expect her to do it for free but we are trying to keep the cost down as much as possible.

Has anybody ever done their own step-parent adoption without a lawyer? Or would you recommend we save ourselves the headache and just pay her to do it?

Also, does anyone know of any investigators around the Ionia county area? We are aware of only one and she charges $400!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
Cindy