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[quote=Anonymous]We live in MoCo and have adopted twice, the first time via domestic private adoption and the second time through foster care.  The cost of the first adoption (home study, advertising, travel, legal fees) was $19K.  Keep in mind that if you go this route, and given your income, you can take advantage of the Adoption Tax Credit.  Domestic private adoption is a good path to adopting a new born or an infant, if that is what you would like to do.  Jennifer Fairfax, an adoption attorney based in MoCo, is an excellent and very experienced lawyer if you wanted to pursue this.  Our second is the biological half-sister to our first, and when she went into foster care without the possibility of reunification we were contacted and invited to adopt her.  The adoption of DD was basically free.  It took two years to finalize her adoption during which time we received a daily stipend and a contribution to the cost of the child development center she attended.  Even now, post-adoption, DD has health insurance through Maryland Medicaid.  The most affordable way to adopt is by adopting through foster care.  But you likely won't be able to adopt an infant.  I wish you all the best.  There are more than 400,000 kids in foster care in the States, many of whom are available for adoption and who need a forever family. [/quote]

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