[tezanddylan07]

My daughter was adopted 6 years ago she is now 7years old I have had letterbox contact with her since she was adopted but I would really like to have face to face contact with her what are my chances of winning this in court?

[excon]

Hello t:

I'd say you have no chance at all. I suspect you're doing this for yourself, instead of your daughter... If you had the best interests of your daughter at heart, you wouldn't even try.

You DO understand how this could disrupt her life with her adoptive parents, don't you? If you don't, you should.

excon

[Synnen]

Your odds are VERY low.

And I doubt that you have an actual LEGAL contract with the adoptive parents that gives you letterbox contact. I'm betting that it was more of what the agreement was through the adoption agency at the time of the adoption.

What you RISK by even TRYING to go to court is that the adoptive parents will just decide that you should have NO contact with your daughter--and they will end your contact, giving you no recourse to even hear about her until she is 18.

My suggestion is that you go back to your adoption agency and suggest that you'd like more contact, but be prepared to hear the word NO.

[JudyKayTee]

What are the terms of the adoption? Open, closed, something in between? Letterbox contact in my area means you can write letters to her and an intermediary receives them, sometimes forwards them, sometimes holds them in the event your daughter decides (when she's an adult) that she wants contact with you.

Appearing in her life after no contact will only confuse and upset her.

I join with Excon - I understand you have changed your mind (or something else) but you are thinking only of yourself.

Winning "this" in Court? You intend to go to Court to try to reverse the adoption OR obtain visitation with the child you surrendered for adoption? Your chances are slim to none.

Again - you are only thinking of yourself.

[Fr_Chuck]

Yes, I am surpised unless this was an open adoption that the "letter box" is even appoved by the courts and if it is, attempting person or direct contact my well cause even that to end.

At 7 the child really does not need this at this point in their lfe.

[Synnen]

I would like to point out that some states (I do not know which offhand) do have enforceable agreements between adoptive and birth parents. However, those agreements are set at the time of relinquishment and adoption, and are generally NOT able to be changed without dire cause.

You can certainly contact the adoptive parents through the agency and see if they would be willing to amend the agreement. If they ARE willing to do so, then you all go to court and get it changed together. If they do not want to do this, your odds are pretty slim--think of a snowball in hell--of actually getting the contact amount and type changed.

[GV70]

my daughter was adopted 6 years ago she is now 7years old i have had letterbox contact with her since she was adopted but i would really like to have face to face contact with her what are my chances of winning this in court?

Probably zero per cent.