Matching

Matching: The process of bringing together qualified prospective adoptive parents and willing birth parents who are compatible with each other and who can agree on the terms under which the adoptive parents can adopt the available child. This can take place either before or after the birth of the child.

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The definition of this term has been taken from the "Adoption Glossary," which contains definitions of a wide variety of words that relate to adoption and infertility. The entire Adoption Glossary is located at http://glossary.adoption.com.

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