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Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind, But Not Out Of Duty: Adoption Agency's Duty To Disclose Medical Information To Birth Parents Post-Relinquishment, Wanda M. Temm

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Today, the role of a child welfare agency is multi-faceted. An agency often provides adoption services, unwed parent services, and foster care services. As a result, agencies struggle to meet the often conflicting needs of three separate clients: the child, the adoptive parents, and the birth parents.

Each part of the adoption triangle presents its own unique problems. From the child needing placement in a permanent family to the adoptive parents wanting a child, to the birth parents not ready or not willing to become parents, an agency works to meet all needs. In doing so, the agency often takes …