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ADOPTION AGREEMENT!

Introduction!

This is a Adoption Agreement is entered into on this the 2nd day of December,

2007 between Mark and Vanessa Loring, adopting parents, of Dancing Elk, Minnesota
and Juno MacGuff, birth mother, of Dancing Elk, Minnesota. !

Recitals!
1.

Juno MacGuff is 16 years of age and is Pregnant. !

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Mark and Vanessa Loring want to adopt the child upon birth. !

Agreement!
3.

The Lorings agree to pay all medical expenses related to the pregnancy of
MacGuff, including but not limited to prenatal doctor visits and care, ultrasounds,
hospital expenses for both MacGuff and Child. Lorings will also pay any expenses
not covered by MacGuffs insurance. In addition, Lorings will pay MacGuff to cover
maternity clothes and cost of time and travel for any care for the child. !

4.

MacGuff agrees to act in a responsible manner while during pregnancy, including

compliance with doctor recommendations for a healthy pregnancy. MacGuff will
provide the Lorings with all and any medical information through out the pregnancy. !

5.

Upon the Birth of the child, MacGuff will release all rights to the child and turn the
child over to the Lorings !

6.

This is a Closed Adoption Agreement. MacGuff does not expect to receive any
pictures or updates on the child once the child has been turned over to the Lorings. !

Jurisdiction of Agreement!
7.

This contract shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of
the State of Minnesota, excluding such States conflict of law principles.!

Integration of Agreement!
8.

This Agreement, along with any exhibits, appendices, addenda, schedules, and
amendments hereto, encompasses the entire agreement of the parties, and
supersedes all previous understandings and agreements between the parties,
whether oral or written. The parties hereby acknowledge and represent, by affixing
their hands and seals hereto, that said parties have not relied on any
representation, assertion, guarantee, warranty, collateral contract or other
assurance, except those set out in this Agreement, made by or on behalf of any
other party or any other person or entity whatsoever, prior to the execution of this
Agreement. The parties hereby waive all rights and remedies, at law or in equity,
arising or which may arise as the result of a partys reliance on such representation,
assertion, guarantee, warranty, collateral contract or other assurance, provided that
nothing herein contained shall be construed as a restriction or limitation of said
partys right to remedies associated with the gross negligence, willful misconduct or
fraud of any person or party taking place prior to, or contemporaneously with, the

execution of this Agreement.!

Severability of Agreement!
9.

If a provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in

any jurisdiction, that shall not affect:!
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the validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of this

Agreement; or!

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the validity or enforceability in other jurisdictions of that or any other provision of

this Agreement.!

Assignment of Agreement!
10. This Adoption Agreement can not be assigned to any third party.!

Modification of Agreement!

11. This Agreement may be supplemented, amended, or modified only by the mutual
agreement of the parties. No supplement, amendment, or modification of this

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Agreement shall be binding unless it is in writing and signed by all parties.!

BOTH PARTIES AGREE:!

Dated this the 2nd day of December, 2014. !

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MARK LORING, Adopting Parent!

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VANESSA LORING, Adopting Parent!

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JUNO MACGUFF, Birth Mother!