Book contents
- Families by Agreement
- Families by Agreement
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Table of Cases and Statutes
- Introduction
- 1 General Considerations
- 2 Marriage
- 3 Agreements within Marriage
- 4 Divorce
- 5 Agreements about Parentage
- 6 Adoption Agreements
- 7 Agreements about Process
- Conclusion
- Bibliography and other Sources
- Index
6 - Adoption Agreements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2023
Book contents
- Families by Agreement
- Families by Agreement
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Table of Cases and Statutes
- Introduction
- 1 General Considerations
- 2 Marriage
- 3 Agreements within Marriage
- 4 Divorce
- 5 Agreements about Parentage
- 6 Adoption Agreements
- 7 Agreements about Process
- Conclusion
- Bibliography and other Sources
- Index
Summary
This chapter considers agreements relating to adoption, in particular, contact agreements by which the birth parents and the adopting parents agree to maintain connections between the birth parents and the adopted child. The chapter explores why some states refuse to enforce such agreements while other states enforce them only with judicial oversight.
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- Families by AgreementNavigating Choice, Tradition, and Law, pp. 110 - 116Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023