What agreement is made regarding openness in adoption and can the birth mother change it?
Openness is discussed during the pregnancy to make sure that the birth mother is given profiles appropriate to her requests. An actual openness agreement is written around delivery time, hopefully to give her the opportunity to make sure that she is making an accurate request. A birth mother can change the agreement at any time, as long as she is not asking for more than the typical agency agreement of semi-open adoption, including photographs sent through the agency to her on a scheduled basis for up to eighteen years of age.
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