What to ask at a disclosure meeting? - Adoption.com Forums

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Originally Posted by LemonPie This varies by state (and is not the case where I am). Here, the adoptive family receives a ton of information, but all identifying information on parents, relatives, former FPs, is redacted (and obviously it's not redacted in the case file, so the case file is not shared). Case files contain everyone's SS#, home addresses, telephone numbers, psychological reports, and often, information irrelevant to the case. While the information provided to prospective adoptive parents is extensive, it's not everything that DCF has.

One of the hold ups in our kids' adoption was the length of time it took to redact the case file in the kids. We read the entire 1500+ pages at our disclosure. Of course, by then we had signed our intent to adopt.

We saw everything except mom's actual casefile. All info was about the kids only. If DFPS had it, we had to read it in the presence of the adoption worker.

Our kids were also our fks prior to their adoption, so that might have something to do with it.

What to ask? Exposures, delays, behavior, medicaal info if available, why fps are not adopting, milestones, reasons for removal, siblings or others who are still in contact. I am positive there are other better questions, but that is all i can think of. Also, second the talking to fps about her. You will get a more complete picture that way.

And congratulations on such a quick contact. I hope it all works out just as it should be!

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Last edited by greenrobin : Yesterday at 06:00 PM.

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