Violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor subject to punishment in the court's discretion. An affidavit of accounting identifying all expenditures made in connection with the adoption must be made at least ten days before the entry of the final order. A. Medical expenses incident to the birth of the child should be covered by your medical insurance policy. Check your policy for specific provisions. Generally, all legal expenses are the responsibility of the adopting parents.
Legal expenses are reimbursable up to varying limits under some corporate benefits packages.
Expenses include - adoption fees, court costs, attorney fees, and others. The credit is available through 2001. A. Adoption arrangements which include plans for continuing contact between natural and adoptive parents or allow natural parents to have continuing contact with adopted children are called open adoptions. North Carolina does not favor open adoption arrangements. In North Carolina such arrangements are invalid.