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Feb 13, 2016
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HoustonCougar
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Adoption Recommendation
mikecito
2/13/16 6:19pm
Good luck finding a closed adoption these days.
NWCoug
2/13/16 6:23pm
I'm an adoptee...please, please don't do a closed adoption
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
2/13/16 6:25pm
I'm pretty sure we are set on a closed adoption.
mikecito
2/13/16 6:31pm
I watched my sis-in-law give up her baby...it was an open adoption through LDS
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
2/13/16 6:36pm
I think I'm just uneducated on what closed means
mikecito
2/13/16 6:44pm
It's really not the norm anymore. I'm sure it still happens but it's basically
NWCoug
2/13/16 6:36pm
We're not worried about the money.
mikecito
2/13/16 6:46pm
There are different levels of "open"
Left Shark Coug
2/13/16 6:55pm
This doesn't sound like a bad option to me.
mikecito
2/13/16 7:02pm
That would be exceptionally hard to just not know. But I'm sure the truth behind
Dillinger
2/13/16 6:46pm
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MMCougIII
2/13/16 6:30pm
Get started saving $50k. Sis just adopted in UT, that was the cost, non-white
HoustonCougar
2/13/16 6:47pm
Are you telling me race can define the price? Please say no for the love.
Cougarfan777
2/13/16 6:50pm
Never mind, did my own research. Wow, that's just sad.
Cougarfan777
2/13/16 6:59pm
Supply and demand.
HoustonCougar
2/13/16 7:02pm
Everything I read estimates $15-35K. Why so much?
mikecito
2/13/16 6:53pm
It's gotta be the market
HoustonCougar
2/13/16 7:02pm
Lawyer fees, finding fees, mother's living expenses (which go way beyond what
Left Shark Coug
2/13/16 7:03pm
Why did the church get rid of its program?
I'mBatman
2/13/16 7:04pm
Pressure/laws to allow same sexers to adopt, I believe
HoustonCougar
2/13/16 7:06pm
Without saying so, they saw the writing on the wall.
Left Shark Coug
2/13/16 7:07pm
If you want the birth mother to have a good experience consider an open adoption
SweetBabyG
2/13/16 7:20pm
This seems to be a consistent message. I may end up following the same path.
mikecito
2/13/16 7:26pm
Every adoption is different... Should do what is best for the child..
SweetBabyG
2/13/16 7:47pm
A Act of Love
Ethman
2/14/16 7:07am
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