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Confidential Adoption |
In
a confidential or private adoption, birthparents request that an
agency choose their child's adoptive family. Birth and adoptive
parents do not disclose any identifying information to one
another. The adoptive family receives information about the birth
family's medical history up to the point of adoption. There is no
ongoing sharing of social and medical information after the
adoption is finalized. There is no contact between the adoptive
family and birthparents.
This method provides total confidentiality for adoptive parents
and birthparents who desire this. Unfortunately a s an adoptive
child grows, he or she can have questions that remain unanswered.
Confidential adoptions might make it difficult to gain needed
information until the child is of legal age.
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Pros
of Confidential Adoption for the involved parties |
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Birth Parents |
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Provides absolute
privacy when compared to other adoptions. |
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Privacy. |
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Some feel this
provides a sense of closure and ability to move on with
life. |
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Adoptive Parents |
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No need to
physically share the child with birth parents. As compared
to open adoption. |
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No danger of birth
parent interference or co-parenting. |
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Adopted Persons |
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Protection from
unstable or emotionally disturbed birth parents. |
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