Linda J Barnby

Choosing to work with Linda Barnby was the biggest mistake we ever made. She matched us with a mentally unstable birth mother desperately in need of counseling - she did not offer counseling to this woman. The birth mother also had previous biological children removed from her care by the state, but ...Linda did not tell us this. Ultimately, the birth mother changed her mind about us and chose a single mom as the adoptive parent 3 weeks before her due date. Not only did Linda charge us for legal fees, but she included non-legal related expenses in our bill. For example, she billed us $300/hr for 5 hours while helping the birth mother find a bed. This adoption failed over 12 months ago and we have yet to recover any money from Linda. She has been unresponsive when we questioned her billing practices. We have had to seek additional legal assistance to recover a small portion of our money. Adoption is a difficult process even when you have honest, appropriately trained professionals to work with. Linda Barnby is neither.