Adopting from the Adoption Replacement Program

The law office of Todd M. Kolarik, Attorney-at-Law specializes in an adoption disruption child replacement program. I am based in Akron Ohio, but work with adoptive families from around the country who feel unable to parent an adoptive child for one reason or another. The adoptive children can range in age from birth to seventeen years of age and are of all ethic, racial and cultural backgrounds. The needs of the child will also range on a spectrum from normal to severe. In order to be considered as an adoptive family for these children, your family must have a current domestic homestudy. Your family will be called with potential situations and presented with the information. Once you have had a chance to review the documentation, you can decide whether or not to be presented to the parents of the child as a potential placement.

Because these children are considered private adoptions (they are not currently residing in foster care and they are in the legal custody of their adoptive parents), there are no fees to be a part of our child replacement family pool. Final costs depend on your residential state and the legal process needed to get the child placed with you for purposes of adoption. On average, the fees will range anywhere from $3,500 to $6,000, consisting mostly of legal fees to the attorney you choose to represent you for the placement and counseling fees for the transition of the child to your home. Depending on the facts of your case, the child to be adopted may or may not be eligible for adoption subsidy or other forms of governmental subsidy payments. However, subsidies and governmental payments are not guaranteed in any case and the determination of eligibility will be made by the appropriate governmental body.