It depends on your connection to the adoptive family. You may be totally comfortable after connecting with the adoptive family and don’t feel you need to require a home study. An adoptive family may have already had a home study or may be totally willing to do a home study. The adoption home study is used to verify that the adoptive family is ready, on an emotional, financial and physical level, to adopt and raise a child. The adoptive family pays for the home study. Home studies cost between $1000 to $3000