News paths to adoption in Brazil: the open adoption or adoption with contact under discussion

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https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v28.81376

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The present article aimed to analyze the discussions regarding open adoption or contact adoption in Brazil. These are understood as a form of adoption that would make it possible to guarantee the fundamental rights of adoptive children – such as the right to origin and identity – through greater integration and contact between the adoptive triad. The methodology was based on documentary research, which focused on five live streams produced by the Brazilian Institute of Child and Adolescent Law and the Salesian University Center of São Paulo on open adoption or adoption with contact. The data was organized into four categories analyzed through content analysis. As a result, it was found that open adoption or adoption with contact is presented as a possibility compatible with the Statute of the Child and Adolescent and has the potential to help guarantee the rights of adoptive children and consolidate a less adversarial adoption model.

Keywords: open adoption; right to origin; right to identity; adoptive.

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Elisa Melo, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, elisameloo11@gmail.com

Mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG).

Laura Cristina Eiras Coelho Soares, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, laurasoarespsi@yahoo.com.br

Professora da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Doutora em Psicologia Social pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

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2025-08-18

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MELO, Elisa; SOARES, Laura Cristina Eiras Coelho. News paths to adoption in Brazil: the open adoption or adoption with contact under discussion. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 28, 2025. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v28.81376. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/81376. Acesso em: 5 feb. 2026.

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