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Hopeful couples discover that adoption or gestational surrogacy costs from tens of thousands of dollars to more than $100,000. (And that's on top of the thousands of dollars many have already shelled out on fertility treatments, to say nothing about the emotional toll.)
1 All adoptions also require court documents to reflect the legal procedure. 2  Document preparation costs range from $100 for foster care or relative adoptions to $2,000 for international adoptions. 3  In certain adoptions, the prospective parents may require legal counsel, at an average hourly rate of $200-$250. In cases of foster care adoptions, this is paid for by the state or local public agency. 2  For private agency adoptions, the prospective parents pay for a social worker to conduct the home study, at an average cost $1,000 to $3,000.