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When it comes to child adoption, there are many laws in place to protect the child that is being adopted. These laws vary in degree depending on jurisdiction in which the child will be adopted in. There are basically two different forms of adoption: an open adoption or a closed adoption.

In a closed adoption, the parents and adopted child may never have any type of contact. This type of adoption may be brought up due to many issues, including the birth parents choice or the State finding that contact may not be in the best interest of the child. In an open adoption the biological parents and the child may maintain contact if both agree to this. There are many different forms of contact that are allowed between the biological parents and adopted child but this form can be closed at any time by either the biological parents or the local jurisdiction.

The biggest issue with children who need to be adopted is that most people want to adopt infants. This leaves children who may have special needs without any real possibilities of being adopted. Older children also have a harder time being adopted.

As with any other form in which a family may bring a new child home, there are certain fees. In some locations these fees are required while in others they may be non-profit donations. Unfortunately due to the higher number of infants who are being adopted, coupled with the legalization of abortions, and the increase of single mothers opting to keep their children, the number of potential infants has decreased. This has led to a movement in which more and more people are seeking international adoptions instead of local ones, not only due to the lower number of possible choices, but also to give the child an opportunity that the child would never have in their home country.

Nowadays it is an increasing possibility for the adopted children to want to seek out their biological parents. Because of this, the Adoption Reunion Registry was created to maintain information and arrange for reunions between biological parents and their adopted child. We will discuss this Registry further in upcoming articles.