Remain Anonymous if You Wish
South Carolina law provides that "the petitioner [to an adoption] may employ the use of fictitious names where necessary to avoid disclosure of identities of parties or persons. In addition, all adoptions are sealed in South Carolina. These two statutory provision, along with discretion on your part, will help you remain anonymous throughout the adoption process.
It is up to you to determine if you want to remain anonymous or not. The law helps you remain anonymous; is does not require you to remain anonymous.
If you chose, you may be part of the pregnancy and birth of the child. In some instances, especially with older children, you may wish to allow the birth parents to visit with the child and be involved in the child's life. The level of involvement by you in the birth and by the birth parents in child's life after the adoption is completely up to you. The level of involvement by you and the birth parents can range from no involvement (complete anonymity) to full involvement or something in between; the chose is yours.
