Closed adoptions were the most common adoption type, but in recent years open adoptions have far eclipsed them in number. (angeladoptioninc.com)
The most recent year with data available by adoption type (2004) indicates that nearly half of adoptions for which the credit was claimed were for domestic children without special needs, with only 18 percent classified as special needs and the remainder reflecting international adoptions. (taxpolicycenter.org)
open adoption A type of adoption in which birth and adoptive families have some form of initial and / or ongoing contact. (childwelfare.gov)