Open Adoption

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Related Terms

• Closed Adoption
• Cooperative Adoption
• Semi-Open Adoption
• Traditional Adoption

Definition: An adoption that involves ongoing contact between birth and adoptive families, including visits.

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Open Adoption
Open adoption does not mean shared parenting. Learn what it does mean with definitions, explanations, opinions, personal accounts, and legal considerations.

Openness in Adoption
The topic of the 2nd Annual Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law Symposium was openness in adoption (open records and open adoption). There were proposals for changes in practice, an expressed need for more education, lots of discussion, and some surprises along the way.

Adapted from: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

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