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Open Adoption: Optimum Or Oxymoron?, Mirah Riben
Open Adoption: Optimum Or Oxymoron?, Mirah Riben
Mirah Riben
Open adoption, an improvement over closed adoption, provides advantages when it works, unfortunately, in too many cases it turns out to be a an unkept promise that is unenforceable.
A theoretical concept in the best interest of children, open adoption is an oxymoron as long as every adoption begins with the relinquishment of all of the original mothers' parental rights.
Written in 1995, when "open adoption" was first starting, the article reports on the difference between truly open and semi open; the unenforceable nature of contact agreements, and stresses the need for agencies to be clear with all parties exactly …
A Perspective On Family Preservation, Mirah Riben