Many agencies will place an advertisement in Texas on your behalf for a fee. There are many other states that clearly permit advertising by adoptive parents. If there is a particular state where you want to advertise, please contact us to determine if it is permissible in that state. Texas law restricts the expenses adoptive parents can pay on behalf of biological parents. These restrictions apply even if the birth mother lives in a state that is more permissive in terms of payments of expenses.
Adoptive parents can legally pay for medical and legal expenses relating to the adoption.
It is also legal for you to pay a fee to a licensed child-placing agency. You can not directly pay for any living expenses on behalf of the mother. If you are working with a birth mother who needs assistance with expenses, then you might want to consider working with an agency on a designated adoption. In a designated adoption you will pay a fee to an agency and they in turn will provide services to the birth mother. An agency can legally pay certain living expenses on behalf of the birth parents.