In a closed adoption, there is no contact between the biological parents and adoptive families— but fate had other ideas.

The description of her birth mother has echoed in ... Waggoner said she held off on searching for her birth parents for many years out of respect for her adoptive parents, J.D. and Lois Waggoner ...

Fifteen years after placing biological daughter Carly for adoption — and amid a years-long feud with Carly's adoptive parents ...

Catelynn and Tyler Baltierra's adoption woes continue on the new season of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, with the pair saying ...

It can be. Birth parents—and particularly birth mothers—often become emotionally attached to the child during pregnancy. Even if they are confident that they want to pursue adoption, placing ...

Even when children are taken away from their mothers for good reasons, it can impact their development, says Lora Rose Buth.

Comedian Dara Ó Briain recently met his birth mother for the first time, motivated by a desire to tell her his life had ...

and providers can make a lot of money attracting vulnerable birth mothers and potential adoptive parents to place through their agency, Mitchell said. Garza's adoption agencies—first Heart and ...