Anybody know the cost of dealing with lawyer fees re:donor contract and legal advice?

[Lea79]

Thanks so much M2B! we were not sure of what it cost and that sounds much better than we anticipated. I know parenting orders can cost 3 to 4 grand but I think its worth it. We contacted denise and she gave us some free advice about the donor agreement via email. We had one which was too formal so we have had to start over. We also contacted the womens centre here in townsville and a lesbian counsellor there is putting us onto a gay friendly lawyer here in Townsville. We would really like to have face to face contact but if that doesn't work out we will use Denise. Thanks for your help

[Lea79]

Well we are going to go with Denise Maxwell now. She sounds like the best in the whole state, the girl who said she knew of a gay friendly lawyer in Townsville actually meant that she was in Brissy. Hopefully we can do it all via fax/mail/email. Wills and POA will cost $600 and unsure about the donor agreement since we put it together ourselves, shes just gonna look over it and fix it up a little. We dumbed it down a lot but made it specific to what we want and Selena, Myself and J (our donor) have all written a little statement on the reasons we are doing this and what our intentions are. I think its a good idea for when our little one grows up and sees how much their mums really wanted them too. We will definitely be doing the parenting agreement but not until the bubs born. Anyway, we are glad thats all sorted.

Cheers,

Lea n Sel