What does an open adoption mean?

Question

What does an open adoption mean?

Answer 1

open adoption is a spectrum.  There is no ONE way to create an open adoption plan.  I have 6 friends who have open adoptions and each plan is different.  I will say in all 6 instances it was not one persons decision on what the plan entailed, it was a joint decision so the Bparents and Aparents got together to decide what made sense for their specific situation.  Open can be as much as visitation on a regular basis with letters,  photos, calls and emails or it can be as little as Bparents and Aparents meeting prior to birth.  In most cases it entails both sets of parents meeting, and letters and photos to Bparents on a stipulated basis.

Answer 2

It means the birthparents keep in contact with the child they placed for adoption.  The type/amount of contact varies within each open adoption depending on what the birthparents and adoptive parents have agreed upon.  A semi-open adoption would be where updates and pictures are exchanged a pre-determined times throughout the year through an attorney or adoption agency.

Answer 3

open adoption means the adopters will send you photos of the child throught the years and communication while closed means give the child up no communication or anything will ever be given to the birth parents

Answer 4

it means the adoptive partens and child stay in touch with birth parents through cards, letter, photos, phone calls and even meetings :)

Answer 5

There is supposed to be contact with the original family.

The records are still sealed though and even as adults the adoptees are still not allowed their own birth record in most States, even with so-called 'open' adoption

Answer 6

There various kinds of open adoption but it basically means the adoptive and birth family are in contact. Some is direct and others have someone who goes between them. Like sending the caseworker pics and letters to pass on the birth family and vise versa

Answer 7

It means everyone gets a thumping headache from all the head stuffing and walking on eggshells that occurs in MOST Open Adoptions

Just imagine you are the adoptee. Living with Mum and Dad, but you see this other woman who is also your Mum, and as you get older and start to understand adoption and life in general you will wonder wtf you are good enough for the odd visit but not good enough to be parented by this person..

At least with Me, I know that I just was abandoned. There is no head stuffing. Just a fact

And I agree with the previous poster. Its a HUGE BS Enticement for young vulnerable women

Answer 8

Open Adoption is a myth in most cases.  It is used to convince women to surrender their children so agencies can make money and adopters can obtain children.  Once the mothers (and fathers) relinquish, they have NO LEGAL RIGHT to see their child.

If the first parents upset the adoptive parents, or if the adoptive parents never intended for the adoption to be open in the first place, the first parents hold all the parental rights and can close the adoption at any time.

Open adoption is highly touted as being a child centered adoption, but in reality it is a fabrication by the US adoption industry to entice pregnant women in crises to give their babies away and to increase the pool of adoptable ( and highly profitable) infants.  For first families, Open Adoption is still adoption with all of the regrets and grief.

Answer 9

itr means the birth arents give baby to adoption parents but the birth can stil.l be in the babys life

Answer 10

You can still be in contact with your child, visit with the adoptive family and baby, get pictures, letters, updates etc.  As opposed to a closed adoption where you have no contact and don't even know where your child is living.  In my opinion open adoption is best for all that are involved.  You as the parent have the comfort of knowing your child, and know that they are being raised properly. The child benefits because they still know their birth parents, they don't have as many abandonment issues etc. The adoptive parents have the opportunity to ask more about medical issues, family trees etc.

Answer 11

I am an adopting parent. We're still in the waiting process right now, but hopefully the adoption will go through soon. An open adoption is one in which there are differing degrees of contact with one or both of the birth parents. In most cases, this contact is limited to occasional meetings outside of your home and letters and phone calls. Usually the birth parents lose interest in constant meetings and may even stop writing after only a few years. In our case, the contact is left up to us completely. We can choose whether or not the parents have any contact and to what degree. If the parent is a threat to the child, the contact should be either very limited or cut off, but this is determined by the courts.

Answer 12

open adoption means that both the adoptive and birth parents keep open contact for the benefit of the child, through communication of letters, pictures, phone calls, e-mails and visitations, and usually all identifying info(last names, DOB, and address) of both parties are disclosed.

Answer 13

There is no legal definition of "open adoption" because there aren't any laws that enforce them. Open adoptions depend on what the agency sells them as.

It can be anything from one update in the childs entire life ( what my mother was promised, and sold as an open adoption ) to ongoing contact and visitation between the two families.

The records for the adoptee are still sealed, and the openess is at the discretion of the adoptive parents.

Answer 14

It means the adoptive family stays in contact with the birth parent(s)...phone calls, pictures, meetings, letters...etc..

Answer 15

An open adoption is when their's a child waiting to be adopted I know this because I'm adopted.

Answer 16

It means that the adoptive family must send the biological family updates/photos etc.

Answer 17

if you are the one giving up the baby its where you and the people taking the child agree on letting you see the child and letting you see him/her grow up. jeeping in touch.

if you are recieving the child, its where you and the birth parents decide on keeping in touch.

Answer 18

It means the birth parents chose the adoptive parents through a long interviewing process and stay in contact through the years.