Both the article and the study are lacking in many important facts.

TRULY OPEN adoption involves the child having a relationship with his or her family of origins.  Contact between both sets of parents, as described herein, is actually defined as semi-open adoption.

Crucial to the success of open or semi-open adoption is a very clear understanding beforehand of these definitions. Some semi-open adoptions involve exchange of photos and updates on how the child is doing, but no visits - even between parents. The regularity of such updates and/or photos need to be specified and agreed to. Annual? Mostly? Weekly?

Details of the agreement of post-adoption contact must be documented in a legally binding written contract and even then, birth parents need to know that most states do not enforce such agreements. Every adoption - open or closed - begins with the child's mother and father relinquishing ALL of their parental rights, or having them terminated by the state. They are thus NOT non-custodial parents who maintain parental rights. It is very important that birth parents fully understand this.

Also lacking is the large number of open adoptions that have failed to remain open leaving mothers feeling duped, deceived and regretting they ever agreed to let their child be adopted.

Mirah Riben, author, THE STORK MARKET: America's Multi-Billion Dollar Unregulated Adoption Industry

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