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Ask the taxgirl: Finding Natural Birth Parents

21 October 2009

Taxpayer asks:
I don’t even know how to start.
Last year, I found out that I was adopted. My parents have no interest in helping me find my birth mother but it something that I have to do.
I have found a lawyer that says he will help me find her but it is very expensive. [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Failed Adoption Expenses

11 February 2009

Taxpayer asks:
Hi Kelly,
Can failed adoption expenses still be duducted even tho the adoption did not go thru??
Thanks

Taxgirl says:
There’s a “yes” and a “no” depending on your circumstances (see comments below). That said, if you paid qualifying expenses for an adoption in the previous tax year for an adoption which became final in the tax [...]

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