Lioness

I am going through the Permanent Care approval process at the moment in NSW. Permanent Care does not cost you anything. The agency will pay you a certain amount of money for set up costs e.g bed, car seat etc. The government then pays you a weekly tax free allowance to help to cover their day to day costs like food, clothes medical etc. The amount depends on the age of the child but it is around $250 a week here in NSW. In NSW once you have had permanent custody of the child for at least 2 years you can apply to adopt the child. Laws have recently changed here to make this process much easier. The courts now think that adopting the children out is better for their well being because it gives them a feeling of permanency and security. I am sorry but I don’t know what the court costs would be but I honestly don’t think doing it this way would be anything close to the amounts your thinking. I am thinking only a few hundred to maybe few thousand dollars. I may be wrong as I haven’t got to this point yet (but am hoping to) but the people from the agency I am using that are going through the adoption process at the moment didn’t seem at all concerned about how much it cost and these are not people with a lot of money.