Adoption Basics
If openness is new for you, it might help to hear about how other adoptive parents experience openness and how it benefits everyone in their family. Here is how some adoptive parents describe it:
Openness and contact evolves over time
We gained heart relatives
Our son’s grief told us he needed more contact
Your society will work with you in developing openness arrangements that are in your child or youth’s best interest during the adoption process. The Office of the Children’s Lawyer may be involved, acting as your child’s lawyer to represent their interests. Read about openness