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From two letters a year to face-to-face meetings: 'Seismic' changes to adoption contact

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Adopted children likely to be allowed much closer contact with birth families in the future.

Some families say the changes are long overdue - but others worry they may deter people from adopting.

Around 3,000 children are adopted in England each year .

Most adopted children grow up without seeing or knowing any of their birth family.

170 -page report says children should have face-to-face contact with their birth family.

Sir Andrew McFarlane , the head of the Family Court in England and Wales , says it is not necessary to change the law for this to be enacted.

Report also recommends dropping the term “celebration’s last visit to court with the child they are adopting.

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