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Open AdoptionSo you're going to go ahead with your gay adoption. Is open adoption an option? Is it something I want? Is it required when adopting through social services?
Specifically, open adoptions are not required when adopting through social services agencies and are difficult to do in the case of an international adoption. There are many agencies out there that practice open adoptions and do so based on the research and the positive outcomes open adoptions have on the kids. But there are many other agencies that don't practice open adoptions because of other research. Becoming fully informed will help you make your own decision about open adoption. In the case of adopting through a fost adopt program, you will have time to think this through as you provide foster care and get to know the details of your foster child's birth family throughout the process. Personally, my youngest son was allowed to see his maternal grandmother (until she disappeared herself - yet another loss). My middle son still visits his maternal grandmother and his uncle for a weekend every couple of months, though I did not allow this visitation for about the first year and a half after the termination of parental rights. And my oldest son, 17 years old, visits his uncle 4 or 5 times a year. He also has a little brother who is 3 and living in another adoptive placement that he visits periodically.So in my cases, I feel there is an appropriate biological relative that is appropriate for my kids to visit periodically, but in many cases, there is not. You will have to figure that out based on the circumstances of your own case/s. Check out these great sitesadoptionopen.com is a meeting place for prospective families and birth families. It's a great place to find info and leads to begin your journey.mamabears.org An open adoption meeting place for birth families and adoptive families. adoptingababy.org Domestic open adoption services and resources.
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