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Open adoption can be an informal arrangement subject to termination by adoptive parents who have sole custody over the child. In some jurisdictions, the biological and adoptive parents may enter into a legally enforceable and binding agreement concerning visitation, exchange of information, or other interaction regarding the child. [69]
Because of changes in adoption over the last few decades – changes that include open adoption, gay adoption, international adoptions and trans-racial adoptions, and a focus on moving children out of the foster care system into adoptive families – adoption has had a large impact on the basic unit of society and the family. [21]
Transracial adoption—in Western countries, usually involving non-white children and white adults—is a contentious issue. [11] Transracial adoptees often face specific challenges, including a lack of diversity in their environment, racism from adoptive family members, and a lack of connection with their birth culture. [12]
Adoption is a means of building families but also to realize that children and those who parent them come together in many ways. As an adoptive father, I celebrate parents who create redefined ...
26-year-old Katlyn Brown presented her stepfather of 23 years, David Stick, with adoption papers and asked him if he would legally adopt her. Stick appeared to choke up, which Brown says she'd ...
The Galantowiczs hope more people will consider adopting older children and sibling sets. “It wasn’t a struggle for us to become a family. Even our friends are kind of amazed at how everything ...
A 2004 study found that after gaining a child (whether through birth or adoption), respondents reported less depressed affect, more disagreements with their spouse, and more support from their own parents, but it appeared the experience of becoming an adoptive parent or a stepparent was less stressful than the adjustment to biological parenthood.
The reunion at Fire Station 13 celebrated the law’s impact and the compassionate work of first responders who make these moments possible.