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I am expecting and thinking about placing the baby for adoption. What rules will apply to the child and me?
All adoptions after January 1, 2005 will be subject to the new rules and all identifying information will be available once the adoptee (your biological child) reaches the age of eighteen. It will not be possible for you or your biological child to veto disclosure of this information. However, you will be able to file a contact preference.
In the contact preference, you will be able to state whether or not you wish to be contacted by your biological child when he or she reaches the age of eighteen, and the way in which you would like to be contacted. You may indicate that you do not wish to be contacted, but it will be up to the adoptee to decide whether to honour that request or not. The adoptee may also file a contact preference when he or she reaches the age of eighteen.
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