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And an adoptive mother, while sympathetic to her child's need to connect with a birthparent, said the tug of that love felt like an "adulterous" betrayal.

The Tug Of Love, No Winners Here, A Father's Lame 2008

Records were not sealed in Oregon to protect birthparent anonymity, and Oregon law gives adoptive parents documents with identifying information about the birthparent upon request.

The Tug Of Love, No Winners Here, A Father's Lame 2008

I have NEVER heard of a case when an adoptee threatened the safety of their birthparent (which doesn't mean it has never happened).

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

None of us want to see children taken from a birthparent that wants to raise them.

The Livesay [Haiti] Weblog 2010

This is usually because the relinquishment took place as a result of an affair, rape, incest, prostitution, or the birthparent (s) were prominent politicians, actors or sports figures whose reputations/careers might be at stake.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local rachael/rebecca 2010

Others, through the compromise language of the birthparent disclosure veto, will receive only a false and mutilated government document with the name and address of the parent (s) bureaucratically excised by the Department of Health and Senior Services by order of the birthparent (s).

The Daily Bastardette BD 2010

Until the mid-1970s, adoption was strictly confidential, but since then the trend is shifting towards a more "open" system, where "contact occurs between the adoptive family and birthparent (s), either directly or mediated (e.g., through an adoption agency)."

RHRealityCheck.org 2009

Faith and I are adopted children, and Marie and I are adoptive mothers (the third part of the triad is birthparent).

marconews.com Stories 2009

If the birthparent is not found, records are released to the adoptee.

ADOPTION AND ITS TRIAD 2008

If there is no waiver, the adoptee may request an intermediary to obtain a waiver from the birthparent.

ADOPTION AND ITS TRIAD 2008