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Semi-Open Adoption

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Definition: An adoption in which a child's birth parents and pre-adoptive parents may exchange information. After the child is placed in the adoptive home, contact with the birth family may involve letters or pictures or other communications sent through the intermediary of the adoption agency or the attorney who assisted in the placement, or directed. Semi-open adoptions cover all variations of contact and information exchange that exist between fully closed and fully open adoptions.

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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.

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Adapted from: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

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