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Originally Posted By Colleen

My sister who is 27 and married adopted my other sisters baby. It's turned into an ugly mess in my family with my sister taking the baby out of all of our lives.

What is that called "inter-family" adoption? I cannot find anything on the web with that term and i cannot figure out what term to use.

I am looking for factual information on how that little boy needs his family ... the original agreement was that the birth mom would be "aunt mandy" and everyone was kewl with that. Now, it's a mess. I need factual child pshchology info that states how that kid needs his grandma and his cousins and how he will be when he grows up she acts as if she can keep it all one big secret. I do not know off hand if the adoption was open or closed .... it can't very well be closed cuz she is my sister so we all know eachother haha ... it's a bad situation my 27 year old sister tried to "help" the baby ... and take him off my 17 year old sisters hands .. when now .. its ugly.

Any and ALL information and links on this subject would be GREATLY APPRECIATED Colleen CCarney007@aol.com

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Originally Posted By Marcy Axness

Dear Colleen:
This sounds like a sad situation, and the one who will lose most is the little boy. A good book to get is Joyce Pavao's THE FAMILY OF ADOPTION in which she talks about many different kinds of adoptions, and the importance of maintaining connections. Good luck to you!
Marcy