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There are two concepts mixed together on this page:

• Adoptions in which the biological parent(s) do(es) not have a role in raising the child surrendered for adoption.
• Sealed birth and adoption records

Compare with:

• Adoptions in which the biological parent(s) do(es) have a role in raising the child surrendered for adoption (Open adoption)
• "Open" birth and adoption records (i.e. accessible to the adopted person but usually not the public)

Intuitively, one would expect open adoptions to have open records, and closed adoptions to have sealed records, but it's possible to have a closed adoption with open records, or an open adoption with sealed records.Schizombie 07:50, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

References and citations are needed on this page DPeterson^talk 01:20, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Point of Veiw

I was wanting to know if anyone here was actually part of a clsoed adoption. I myself was adopted when I was ten, and I was wondering what their perspective on this whole matter was.Solon Olrek 15:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)