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Interesting. I do not see "morally binding" as particularly reassuring when it involves strangers whose morals may well be questionable. As a birth parent, the possibility of an adoptive family deciding it is "in the best interests of their family to close the adoption" is the scariest thing imaginible, and happens way too often. While I understand not wanting to get courts involved, that is only ever going to happen if one of the parties breaks the contract, and the contract need only stipulate minimum requirements, whereas the participants may in fact go far above and beyond that. We have way more contact with my son's family than our agreement requires.