The first birth certificate after the adoption is NOT free and is NOT sent automatically to the parents. 

A helpful guide explaining legal parentage options for LGBTQ families, including adoption, court judgments, and voluntary acknowledgments.

Open adoption is a term referring to the exchange of identifying information between biological and adoptive parents.

Let me start with the legal truth that an adoptive parent is a legal parent and has the same rights and responsibilities toward his or her child as a biological parent.