[SuzBerg]

Oceans - I've been pondering this question/topic (since I'm sick I'm even less able to formulate an intelligent response than usual so take this for what it's worth).

My situation is different than most of the previous posters, we have a closed adoption (I do have enough info - because the caseworker did not de-identyifing info in her files- to help Em search when she is older and ready). We adopted E at age 2.5, she was with her birthparents for 5 months and in foster care for the following 2 years. Her birthparents signed TPR when she was 1.5, so I feel it if they have pictures of her, they can do whatever they want with them. The pics belong to them.

If they did have them posted on a web-site I might like it because I (selfish me) would be able to see what she looked like the first year and a half of her life. I only have 4 pics (she saw a genetecist every 6 months and they took a picture, when we consulted with them before the adoption her nurse gave us copies of the pics) of her first 1.5 years. I do have some pics that a caseworker took that don't have any dates or names (I'm not even sure who some of the people are in the pics - I'm sure they are birthfamily members but I will not be able to tell her who they are) and a few her first foster mother put in a book (again no names or dates but at least we have some pictures).

So all that lengthy rambling to say that if pics were taken of my daughter (and this is just in our case not saying anyone else should feel this way) before TPR, I would feel the were her birthparents pics to do whatever they want with. I realize my situation is different from a lot of people but wanted to post my perspective on the situation. - Suz