Through open adoption you have the opportunity to speak and even meet with the adoptive families. It gives you the ability to get to know one another. Before they adopt, hopeful adoptive parents must complete a screening and assessment process. Adoptive parents are...
Either way. It really depends on many factors, like how far you live from each other and the method of traveling. After-placement visits and travel can be decided between the birth parent and adoptive families. Birth parents are responsible for their travel expenses...
In most states open adoption contact agreements are a non-binding contract. It is a moral agreement that they will keep the contact going as agreed. Many adoptive parents share that they like the contact to be a “two-way street” – they like to share updates but also...
It depends on the adoptive parents and how far you live from one another. Some adoptive parents will FaceTime with their child’s birth mother on their birthday. Others upload photos of the day. The closer you are, the more likely it is you’ll be able to attend...
Every adoption is different and unique, Some birth mothers and adoptive parents decide on yearly visits, others 2 or 3 times a year depending on the distance between their homes. Done in a few rare cases, adoptive parents have vacationed with the birth mother. It...
Adoptive parents and birth parents can decide together the frequency of contact in an open adoption. Many birth parents would like at least once a year visit or quarterly updates and photos. Some adoptive parents will set up a special Facebook page or invite the birth...
