My husband and I adopted our daughter in March 2009 and it was an open adoption with visits from the birth mother. Birth mother decided to take us to court and to make a long story short, we won the case. In October, the Judge recommended that we begin “contact” going slowly and cautiously and [...]
Open Adoption Support
for families and individuals who support openness in adoption
We honor the connection adoptees have to both of their families. We recognize the love and joy as well as the losses and grief of adoption. We do not diminish one family in favor of another. We are flexible, understanding that needs and circumstances change. We set boundaries on the basis of what is best for our children.
We understand that open adoption looks like different things for different families.
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We adopted our 18-month-old son in an open, domestic adoption. Though I live in fear of losing touch, we have stayed in contact so far. Mostly with us sending updates and photos – initially through the mail and now primarily through email. I’ve generally sent photos of our son that are of him alone and [...]
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