- What percentage of your practice is focused on adoption or surrogacy?
- How many years of experience with adoption or surrogacy law do you have?
- What kind of specific experience do you have with the type of adoption I am considering (domestic, interstate, international, private, etc)?
- How many adoption or surrogacy proceedings have you handled? How many have failed?
- With what adoption agencies do you work?
- Have you handled interstate adoptions previously?
- Do you have adoptive family profiles to review (for birth parents)?
- What are the laws regarding the Termination of Parental Rights?
- What kind of medical fees and expenses will be my responsibility?
- What pre-adoption and post-adoption services do you provide to adoptive parents and birthparents and what is the average wait time for an adoptive family?
- How are your adoption fees structured, do you accept payment plans and what are my other options for financing the adoption?
- What kind of court fees can I expect for adoption? What is the procedure in court for finalizing an adoption?