Do the adoptive parents have to talk to and meet the birth parents?
In most cases, the birth parents do want to talk to the APs during the pregnancy and many want to meet with them. The agency primarily does “semi-open” adoptions, which means that identifying information is not shared with the birth parents. (The BPs will know the APs’ first names and the state in which they reside, but NOT their last names nor the city in which they reside.) Semi-open adoptions do not include visits between the birth parents and child once the child has been placed in the adoptive parents’ home. Once the child is placed with the adoptive parents, the APs send pictures and letters for the birth parents through the agency. This is done once per month for the first six months and annually on the child’s birth date.
