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Anyone receiving or paying any sum near $60,000 to adopt a child is committing a felony under New York State law. In fact, the average cost of a domestic adoption of a newborn is more realistically within the range of $8,000 to $16,000 for an independent adoption and somewhat more for an agency adop...

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Published inNewsday
Main Authors Grimke, Felicia J, Lerner, Jerry S, Benjamin, Kathryn, Britvan, Aaron, McDonald, Michael J, Becker, Hilary, Kerr, Nathan S, Wentz, James
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 19.12.2005
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Summary:Anyone receiving or paying any sum near $60,000 to adopt a child is committing a felony under New York State law. In fact, the average cost of a domestic adoption of a newborn is more realistically within the range of $8,000 to $16,000 for an independent adoption and somewhat more for an agency adoption. Robert Novak, who has not revealed his still-secret source in the CIA leak case, says President [George W. Bush] knows the identity of who leaked CIA officer Valerie Plame's name to him ["Novak says Bush knows," News, Dec. 15]. Newsday welcomes letters of 250 words or fewer. Include name, address, day and night telephone numbers, and relevant political or other interests. Send e-mail to letters@newsday.com, fax to 631-843- 2986 or mail to Letters, Newsday, 235 Pinelawn Rd., Melville, NY 11747. Letters will be edited, become property of Newsday and may be republished in any format.