What is the difference between an open and closed adoption?

An open adoption is when there are court orders mandating adoptive  parents to maintain a degree of communication with the biological parents of a child. A closed adoption is absent any orders regarding communication between parties. In the state of Colorado all adoptions are closed. This means that any and all communication between a child and their biological parents is at the discretion of the adoptive  parents.

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1. Can I adopt my foster child?
2. If I'm only interested in adopting a baby or young child, what are my options?
3. Is an adopted child really mine?
4. Is it expensive to adopt a child?
5. Once I have adopted a child, can the birth parents ever come back and take the child?
6. What is the difference between an open and closed adoption?
7. What is the difference between public and private adoption?