Need low cost adoption services

Originally Posted By BrendaMy husband would like to adopt my 12 and 13 year old children. My ex-husband hasn't had any contact with them in in the past 8 years had has only paid child support maybe 10 times since then. The last payment was in August of 1999 (one of about three that year). In 1994, my ex-husband gave up his visitation rights but retained his responsibility to pay child support. He had the option to reinstate if he was willing to undergo psychological counseling (he's a convicted stalker) but has never done anything with it. We have waited such a long time - life is quiet which is good - but we are ready to move forward. So here are my questions:How difficult will this be to do myself? If it's going to be a huge challenge, can you recommend an attorney who will charge a reasonable fee?Do the ages of the kids carry any weight (what they want)?I'm going to buy the step-parent adoption book and see what we can do. Any help you could provide would be appreciated.Brenda