Question by sabrina: american adoption agency vs. a american adoption attorney.?
can someone tell me the differnces between going with an american adoption agency vs. an american adoption attorney. in detail if you have the time. thank you!

Best answer:

Answer by eve
As far as I know, an adoption agency can handle the entire thing and an attorney is there just to represent you in the process. An attorney who specializes in adoption might have some access to families who are interested in giving their child up for adoption but, most probably don’t and if they do it’s minimal. Their primary job is to protect your interest in the adoption process. For instance, if you found someone who is looking for parents for the baby they are having (on the internet or in the newspaper or somehow else on your own) — you would then need to hire an attorney. If you use an agency you may not need to have a private attorney yourself. But the agency would certainly have an attorney (whose responsibility it is to represent the agency, not you) who would handle the legal side of the adoption. The agency also has access to birthmothers and is involved in the whole process of adoption. An attorney of yours would only be involved in the legal aspects of the adoption — for instance, they would not really be involved in matching you with a potential baby, etc. The cost of using just an attorney and not an agency is of course far less than if you use an agency.

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