Posts tagged open adoption
5 Legal Issues All Adopting Parents Should Know

While an open adoption is more complicated than traditional agreements, they do give the birth-mother the right to choose who gets to raise her baby. Additionally, birth-mothers who wish to have some future contact with their child will have the ability to select a candidate that will respect this right even after the adoption is finalized.

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What is an Open Adoption?

There are numerous types of adoption: foster care, foster-to-adopt, infant adoption, independent adoptions, international adoptions, private adoptions, relative or kinship adoptions, and adult adoptions. The most common type of adoption is a stepchild adoption. Adoptions can either be opened or closed as well. An open adoption is a form of adoption where the biological and adoptive families have access to each other’s personal information and have an option of contact.

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