OPEN ADOPTION
An adoption that involves some amount of initial and/or ongoing
contact between birth and adoptive families, ranging from sending
letters through the agency, to exchanging names, and/or scheduling
visits. 1
ORPHAN
A minor child whose parents have died, have relinquished their parental
rights, or whose parental rights have been terminated by a court
of jurisdiction. 1
PASSIVE REGISTRIES
Type of reunion registry system. Passive reunion registries require
both parties to register their consent for release of information
before a match can be made. Once a match occurs, both parties are
notified. These systems depend on both parties registering, a match
being found, and the follow-up notification by a registry administrator.
1
POST-REUNION ISSUES
A range of feelings from euphoria to despair possible after the
reunion of birth relatives. Family members in reunion may feel a
"let down" or a range of feelings including guilt, anger, jealousy,
confusion or happiness that may be related to completion of the
reunion process and the beginning of a process whereby family members
do or do not negotiate an ongoing relationship. 1
PUTATIVE
Generally regarded to be true. 1
PUTATIVE FATHER
Legal term for the alleged or supposed father of a child. 1
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