A Jacksonville woman reportedly received living-expense payments from an adoption agency while records showed that another organization had already paid her more than $17,000.
Kolby Alana Schweiger, 38, contacted ACF Adoptions in April about creating an adoption plan and met with a caseworker several days later. The agency began providing her financial assistance.
Investigators allege she obtained the money through false representations without intending to complete an adoptive placement. Schweiger was arrested on two third-degree felony counts involving adoption deception and living expenses.
The charges are allegations. Schweiger has not been convicted in the case.
The Payments Began Days After She Met With a Caseworker
Schweiger first contacted ACF Adoptions on April 13 and met with a caseworker on April 16, according to News4JAX. The organization began paying living expenses four days later.
Records supplied to investigators showed that Schweiger received $1,390.58 from April 20 through April 29. During the investigation, records from Families by Adoption in South Carolina showed that Schweiger also had received $17,056.58 since Dec. 31, 2025.
The available report does not explain whether those payments involved the same pregnancy, the same proposed placement, or a separate adoption arrangement.
ACF Adoptions Filed the Complaint
The Jacksonville investigation began with a complaint from ACF Adoptions. An investigator later consulted an economic-crimes detective before seeking an arrest warrant.
Schweiger was charged with one count of adoption deception involving more than $300. She was also charged with a second count alleging that she made false representations to obtain living expenses without intending to complete an adoptive placement.
Bond was listed at $10,003 on one warrant and $5,003 on the other. She was transferred from the Indian River County jail and booked in Jacksonville at 1:34 p.m. on July 16.
Florida Law Separates Changed Plans From Deception
Investigators say living expenses were obtained through false representations. Under Florida law, the payment of living or medical expenses does not obligate a parent to sign consent for adoption.
Florida law also defines adoption deception to include accepting living-expense assistance from another prospective adoptive parent or adoption entity without disclosing that assistance in an effort to adopt the same child, or knowingly making false representations to induce living-expense payments with no intent to make an adoptive placement.
Living-Expense Payments Need Clear Documentation
Adoption entities and prospective adoptive parents should keep detailed records showing what was paid, when it was paid, who approved it, what the payment covered, and whether any other agency or family was also providing assistance.
Prospective adoptive parents and birth parents should work through licensed agencies or qualified adoption attorneys. Suspected adoption-related fraud should be reported to the agency involved, law enforcement, and the appropriate state licensing or child-welfare authority.