Employees are eligible for FMLA leave if all of the following apply: 1  Theyâve worked for their employer at least 12 months. 2  Theyâve worked at least 1,250 hours over the past 12 months, or about 25 hours per week. 3  They work at a location where the company employs 50 or more employees within 75 miles.
It generally costs from $0 to $1,000 to adopt a child from a County Foster/Adopt program. These children are often older, but sometimes infants are placed. A voluntary adoption of a newborn through a non-profit agency will generally cost between $10,000 and $25,000.
While families adopting children who do not qualify as special needs are typically eligible to get a refund for their adoption expenses, families adopting kids who do qualify can get the entire $13,360 refund no matter how much they paid to adopt a child -- even if they had no expenses.EW YORK (CNNMoney) -- An adoption tax credit that brought huge refunds to many unsuspecting families last year is back. Taxpayers can claim up to $13,360 for each child they have adopted in the past six years on their 2011 tax returns this year -- an increase of $190 from last year.