How much does adoption cost?

Question

is there a price diff between a baby and a older kid?

the reason I am asking is because we are thinking about adopting an older child, but what I see online has been for babies. I am not asking if one is worth more - to use all children are priceless.

Answer 1

What punxy_girl says is correct, it can cost tens of thousands for a private adoption, especially when adopting from a foreign country (considering travel costs as well). However, adopting from the foster system will cost almost nothing.

I also generally prefer adopting from the foster system as a general rule anyway. It removes the 'economic' aspect from the equation. You are adopting kids in real need. (This is not to suggest Chinese babies also don't have a need, but too much of the money goes to middle-men). Foster kids have been removed from their families for good reason (abuse, neglect, drug use, etc) and you give them a better life and help them be better people.

BTW, Kuddos on looking into adopting an older child. The chances for adoption drop markedly as children get older and there is always a shortage of parents looking to adopt older kids. (You should know that if you adopt older kids many states give you additional benefits, such as paid college educations).

Answer 2

Adoption can cost almost nothing if you adopt from foster care to over $50,000. It gives me the willies to hear to talk about a price difference in children, but adoption agencies claim to facilitate adoptions for children who aren't "healthy, White babies" for a lower cost because they can't get adopted as easily. Any deviation from healthy, white, or infant results in less cost and the further you get from these the less the cost. By the way, I am not trying to be racist-this is not my belief in the least.

Answer 3

You see, here is the difference between offensively and non offensively asking about adoption costs, in my opinion. In the heading it is asked "how much does adoption cost?" which isn't offensive wording, to me at least. However in the body of the message, it is asked if there is a price difference between babies and older children. Thats not asking the price of the fees and paperwork, thats asking the price difference on the children themselves. This is what is offensive, to all of you out there wondering, about asking the costs of adoption. Especially when people are looking for a bargain by age or color, as if older or minority children are lesser and the people who adopt them should get a discount for taking them. Sadly many times there are price differences based upon the age, gender and color of the child but its disgusting and highly offensive. These are human beings.

Answer 4

Adoption is pretty exspensive. My sister has looked into it and it starts around 10,000 dollars. I'm not sure if its more for a baby or an older child. It probably costs more for a baby though. If you adopt a child from China I think that is the cheapest. But you can't really put a dollar on any child I don't think.

Answer 5

My son's adoption cost $20,000. He is African American and Mexican. Contrary to popular belief, we didn't get a "discount" because of his race. I find this disgusting and am thankful my agency doesn't discount non white babies.

Answer 6

http://statistics.adoption.com/information/statistics-on-cost-of-adopting.html

Great site.

Answer 7

$2.50/per age year

+$55 if they are Mexican

Answer 8

i dont know any prices cuse im only 13