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Rule 15.5C Disclosure of Fees and Costs.

1. The report required by Pa.O.C. Rule 15.5(d), disclosing fees and expenses, shall itemize each fee or expense known to counsel and shall be filed with the clerk of the Orphans' Court simultaneously with the filing of the petition for adoption. The report will be entered into evidence at that adoption hearing and will be considered the final report unless amended at the time of the adoption hearing.

2. An agency intermediary shall attach a statement itemizing its fees and expenses as an exhibit to the Report of the Intermediary. In the alternative, an agency intermediary may file with the Court a statement of the basis for its fees and annually thereafter a statement that the basis has not changed, if that is the case. If the agency electing to file annually does change its fee structure, then it must file with the Court a statement setting forth the change at least 30 days before the effective date of the change.