TYPES OF ADOPTIONS

Fully Open/Fully Disclosed

Birthparents choose the adoptive family and meet them in person. There is an exchange of full names, phone numbers, and addresses. Ongoing communication. Updates and pictures are sent directly to one another. Post-placement visits are decided and arranged between the birth and adoptive parents.

Semi-open Birthparents have the option to choose the adoptive family from non-identifying profiles and both sides could agree to meet. Only first names are exchanged. Updates and pictures, as well as any post-placement visits are arranged through the agency.

Closed
Birthparents ask the agency to choose the adoptive family. There are no meetings between birth and adoptive parents before or after the birth of the infant. Adoptive parents receive only legally required medical and social background information on the child and birth family. Usually there is no post-placement contact. Any contact, such as pictures or letters, would always be arranged through the agency.