What if the biological parent only makes token contact — does that prevent adoption?

No. Token contact — an occasional phone call, a single visit in a year, a birthday card — does NOT constitute meaningful parental involvement.

What courts consider "token contact":

• One phone call in several months
• A single brief visit (especially if court-ordered)
• Sending a card or gift without ongoing relationship
• Social media interaction without real-world involvement
• Sporadic text messages to your spouse (not the child)

What courts consider "meaningful contact":

• Regular, consistent visits with the child
• Active participation in the child's daily life
• Ongoing communication directly with the child
• Involvement in school, medical, and extracurricular activities

The standard is clear: The biological parent must demonstrate a genuine, ongoing relationship with the child. Minimal, sporadic contact is considered token and does not defeat an abandonment claim.

Over 80% of our 34,000+ completed adoptions involved absent parents who had little or no contact. Courts handle this routinely and are very familiar with the pattern of token contact.

We prepare a detailed abandonment affidavit documenting the parent's lack of involvement.

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