Would it be wrong for an attorney to be paid to provide services that insure a legal and ethical adoption?
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at
9:40 am
Much like a doctor is paid to perfom transplant surgery for a donated organ?
This is in reference to a previous question and in no way implies that I personally would even begin to compare buy drugs online an organ donation to the adoption of a child: question:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmrbceEV.X2eqQvBk0DPOtLsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090411073015AAlGQ5G&show=7#profile-info-DJMPQlFDaa
Let’s assume we’re talking about a "legal and ethical" adoption. Again…the question asks if the attorney should be paid.
Yes he should be paid. Retaining a lawyer for an adoption is no different than retaining them for any other task that requires one. There are fees involved and should be paid.
Like this ‘attorney’???? Seymour Kurtz..
Just because one is an attorney does not ‘insure’ ‘a legal and ethical adoption’.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1GGLL_en&q=seymour+kurtz+attorney+adoption&btnG=Search
What is ethical about destroying a child’s identity, replacing it with a new one, and denying that child (even after reaching adulthood) a legal right to discover the facts of his or her own birth? IMO, ‘ethical adoption’ is an oxymoron.
Of course not. They’re providing their services and one should expect to incur fees. I think the adoption agency charging extravagant fees is ridiculous though.
But no, the lawyer is just doing his job. Now, I think on a whole they get paid way too much anyway, but that’s a whole different story.
I do think they should be paid a fair hourly wage for their services. The problem is that these hourly wages for adoptions can get ridiculous. When I adopted through foster care the adoption costs with the lawyer were only 480 dollars. So why can a private adoption end up at 25K and more? I know there are more hours but this many more?
"Ethical attorney" is an oxymoron kinda like "BLACKMARKET.GOV" especially within adoption.
They shouldn’t be making more money than those that work with foster care. It would take away the incentive to commit crimes against humanity.
Of course professionals, like an attorney, or a social worker, should be paid a fair salary for their services. I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect someone to work for free.
Whose definition of "ethical" are we talking about here? Just because it’s legal doesn’t make it ethical, and just because "some" people think it’s ethical doesn’t mean it actually IS ethical.
If the attorney is doing work that is actually necessary (because the adoption is necessary), then yeah, they should get paid. It should be a reasonable sum (most attorneys don’t ask for a "reasonable" sum) that the government would cover as part of the expenses for the again necessary adoption. If it’s not necessary, it shouldn’t happen in the first place, so no one ought to be making moeny off of it.