Open vs. Closed Adoption While we often promote open adoptions, we feel strongly about CHOICES. Birth parents and adoptive parents have the right to decide if you want an open adoption, semi-open adoption, or closed adoption. The majority of our adoptions are open, but we also fully support families and birth parents who wish to have semi-open or closed adoptions. Open Adoption An open adoption is when a prospective birth mother voluntarily places her baby for adoption with an adoptive family and the parties agree to continue communication after placement. Kansas and Missouri open adoptions vary in their terms of agreement. The post-placement agreement will be outlined before placement to ensure that all parties are on the same page. The post-placement agreement may include frequency of contact and types of contact. Frequency…
