Monetary Gifts

Acceptable monetary gifts to expectant parents making an adoption plan

(for the State of Wisconsin)

• Pre and post adoptive counseling for an expectant/birthmother or alleged birthfather.
• Maternity clothes for the mother (up to $300).
• Local transportation expenses for the expectant parent(s) related to the pregnancy and adoption.
• Adoption agency services.
• Medical and hospital care of the mother and child related to the birth and pregnancy. (This does not include lost wages or living expenses of the mother.)
• Medical and hospital care received by the child.
• Legal services of the parent(s) or child in connection with the adoption.
• Expectant mother's living expenses up to $5,000, if necessary to protect the health and welfare of the mother or child.
• Birthing classes.
• Foster care costs if adoption is the parenting plan enacted by the parents.
• Formula, diapers, and other reasonable baby expenses if adoption is the parenting plan, and the new mother is caring for the child until relinquishment.
• Gift to the new mother in an amount no greater than $100.
• Any money or gift given to the expectant parent(s) must be recorded, and should go through a third party, such as Adoption Services.