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1 Access to Adoption Records 1 (2020)

handle is hein.scsl/acadre0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Access to Adoption Records
To find statute information for a particular State, go to
https://www. childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/laws-policies/state/.

Although adoptive parents are provided
nonidentifying background information
about the child they plan to adopt, in nearly
all States the privacy interests of adoptive
parents, adoptive children, and birth families
are protected by making all files related to the
adoption process confidential and withheld
from public access. To ensure that ongoing
privacy needs are met, records of adoption
court proceedings and the child's original
certificate of birth are sealed after an adoption
is finalized.
The need for information about the birth
family does not always end when the adoption
has been finalized. Persons who have been
adopted may need to access information
from the records to obtain updated medical
history, while some adoptees seek identifying
information about birth family members in
order to contact their families of origin. For
this publication, statutes were collected for
all States, the District of Columbia, American
Child Welfare
.      Information Gateway
PROTECTING CHILDREN~ || STRENGTHENING FAMILIES

WHAT'S INSIDE
Nonidentifying information
Restrictions on release of nonidentifying
information
Identifying information
Mutual consent registries
Other methods of obtaining consent
Access to an original birth certificate
Qb Children's Bureau
An Office of the Administration for Children & Families

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