eli5: When you adopt a child, why do you have to pay so much money?

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This was a question I had back when I was in elementary school. I had asked my mom but she had no clue. In my little brain I thought it was wrong to buy children, but now I’m wondering if that’s not actually the case. What is that money being spent on?

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Because adoption is a legal process rather than a biological one. To adopt a child, you typically have to involve attorneys, social workers, physicians, government administrators, adoption specialists, counselors and more. Most of those folks charge for their services.

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