Describes court-imposed contact statutes that provide for enforceable post adoption contact between birth parents or relatives and the adoptee or adoptive parents. Compares statutes permitting courts to enforce post adoption contact agreements among the parties and court imposed post adoption contact agreements without regard to parties'…

Describes and compares federal guidelines and state statutes establishing rules for voluntary agreements between birth parents/other relatives and adoptive parents for enforceable post-adoption contact. Concludes that adoption with contact is a measured response to strengths and limitations of 20th-century adoption law, balancing children's needs…