Breakout 6 | Post adoption contact agreements: What you need to know

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This session will provide attendees with information on post adoption contact agreements (PACA), which are often used in agency or independent adoptions, but might also be used in other types of adoptions. We will review the what, when, whys of PACAs and review the laws surrounding PACAs in other states.

Takeaways

• What is a PACA.
• Why would a birth parent or an adoptive parent want a PACA.
• What information is contained in a PACA.
• Legality of PACA in MO and elsewhere.

Speaker: Amy R. Johnson, Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal, St. Louis

Opinions and positions stated by presenters of MoBarCLE programs are those of the presenters and not necessarily those of The Missouri Bar. This program is intended as information for lawyers in Missouri, in conjunction with other research they deem necessary, in the exercise of their independent judgment.