Illinois adoption law allows adoptive parents to pay a birth mother up to $200 in gifts and up to $1,000 in substantive expenses (food, shelter, transit, medical care, counseling) without court approval. Anything above that requires a pre-birth petition asking the court to authorize specific itemized payments. Direct cash to …
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