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| ====Adoption Records====
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| Adoption records are confidential. Medical background on the birth family is given to the adoptive family at adoption. It can be obtained by the adoptee at age eighteen from the Family and Children Services Program, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Servies.
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| Identifying information about a birth parent, an adoptive parent, or an adoptee may not be disclosed unless the person has consented in writing.<ref>Adoption.com [http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/florida-laws.html Florida Laws].</ref>
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| [http://www.adoptflorida.com/Reunion-Registry.htm Florida’s Adoption Reunion Registry] (FARR) helps people who were adopted or who gave a child up for adoption to reunite. People are listed on a registry. FARR is operated by the state of Florida Department of Children and Families. It also explains how to get medical background.<br>
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| ==Marriage Records== | | ==Marriage Records== |