e/Open adoption

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has gloss	eng: Open adoption means that the birth mother and adopted family know who each other are. Even in an open adoption, the birth parents legal rights of guardianship are terminated, and the adoptive parents become the legal parents. There are no guarantees that the adoptive parents will allow contact between the child and the birth parents. In some jurisdictions, the birth and adoptive parents may enter into a binding agreement concerning visitation, exchange of information, or other interaction regarding the child. Far more common are informal agreements, which may change over time as each set of parents lives progress. As legal guardians, the adoptive parents are responsible for implementing contact arrangements in the child's best interests and hold final decision-making authority.
lexicalization	eng: open adoption
instance of	c/Adoption forms and related practices