After a child is placed in the adoptive home, they may be receive letters, pictures or other communications through a third party, sometimes the state welfare agency or the private adoption agency.
an adoption in which a variety of contacts can occur between the parties to the agreement for any length of time before and/or after the adoption order is granted, but does not involve an exchange of identifying information of either party
An adoption in which a child's birth parents and adoptive parents may meet once or twice but exchange primarily nonidentifying information.
an adoption in which a child’s birth parents and pre-adoptive parents exchange largely non-identifying information. After the child is placed in the adoptive home, contact with the birth family may involve letters or pictures or other communications sent through an intermediary or the adoption agency.
adoption where adoptive family and birth parents may talk, meet, and have correspondence after the adoption, but no identifying information is exchanged.