Gregory A. Franklin works as a lawyer in Rochester, New York, where he focuses on the legal aspects of adoption. The decision of whether or not to pursue an open adoption constitutes one of the several important matters about which Gregory A. Franklin advises his clients.

1. TYPES OF OPEN
ADOPTIONS
By Gregory A Franklin

2. Introduction
 Gregory A. Franklin works as a lawyer in Rochester,
New York, where he focuses on the legal aspects of
adoption. The decision of whether or not to pursue an
open adoption constitutes one of the several important
matters about which Gregory A. Franklin advises his
clients.
An open adoption is a type of adoption arrangement
that might involve a number of unique conditions. The
conditions depend on the degree of openness of the
adoption. For instance, in a fully open adoption, the
child’s birth mother, and possibly other members of
the child’s biological family, can have direct contact
with the adoptive family.

3. Open Adoptions
 A formal legal agreement, called a Post-Adoption Contact
Agreement, outlines the type of contact that might occur,
which may include the periodic sending of photos, as well as
phone calls or visits between the child and his or her
biological family.
In other cases, the parties involved reach an agreement for a
semi-open adoption. In this type of situation, contact between
the adoptive and biological parents often takes place with an
attorney or agency worker acting as an intermediary.
Addresses and related information are not revealed, making
the arrangement a good way to preserve privacy while still
allowing the birth mother, adoptive parents, and child to have
access to important information and remain part of each
other’s lives to some degree.