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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]
Jean Paton, author of Breaking Silence and founder of Orphan Voyage in 1954, is regarded as the mother of adoption reform and reunification efforts. Paton mentored adoptee Judith Land, "Adoption Detective: Memoir of an Adopted Child" during her adoption search.
Adoptee rights are the legal and social rights of adopted people relating to their adoption and identity. These rights frequently center on access to information which is kept sealed within closed adoptions, but also include issues relating to intercultural or international adoption, interracial adoption, and coercion of birthparents.
Natalia Grace has been adopted by several families since she left Ukraine for the U.S. as a child in 2008.. The orphan was born in 2003 and was adopted by Dyan and Gary Ciccone in 2008 ...
Paula Boudes for PureWow Kristin Fasy is an adoptive mother and director for a Colorado-based nonprofit focused on supporting youth and families impacted by foster care and adoption. She adopted ...
Adoption is a means of legally creating such a relationship, which must be nurtured by the adoptive parent and the community to ensure its lasting and deepening. Familial relationships are ...
Roberta "Robby" DeBoer later wrote a book called Losing Jessica about the case, [6] and the DeBoers established a child group called Hear My Voice that advocated for children involved in difficult custody cases, with a pro-adoptive parent angle. [7] The DeBoers adopted a newborn boy named Casey in 1994, nine months after returning Anna. [8]
Elaine DePrince (née DiGiacomo, August 6, 1947 – September 11, 2024) was an American author, hemophilia activist, teacher, and advocate of adoptive parenting.The mother of 11 children, she is best known as the adoptive mother of ballet star Michaela DePrince and the co-author of her memoir, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina (2014).