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:::An amended birth certificate, created after an adoption is finished, lists the names of the adoptive parents just as if the child had been born to them originally. | :::An amended birth certificate, created after an adoption is finished, lists the names of the adoptive parents just as if the child had been born to them originally. | ||
:::Many people will have an amended birth certificate, with no access to the original. About half of the states allow adults to have access to their original birth certificates. See [https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/adult-adoptee-access-to-original-birth-certificates.aspx#:~:text=Colorado%2C%20Delaware%2C%20Illinois%2C%20Maryland,the%20information%20not%20be%20released. '''Adult Adoptee Access to Original Birth Certificates'''] | :::Many people will have an amended birth certificate, with no access to the original. About half of the states allow adults to have access to their original birth certificates. See [https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/adult-adoptee-access-to-original-birth-certificates.aspx#:~:text=Colorado%2C%20Delaware%2C%20Illinois%2C%20Maryland,the%20information%20not%20be%20released. '''Adult Adoptee Access to Original Birth Certificates'''] | ||
::*State action in 2016 includes a new law in Indiana that allows adoption information to be released unless a non-release form is on file. | |||
*State action in 2016 includes a new law in Indiana that allows adoption information to be released unless a non-release form is on file. | |||
:*'''Hospital records''': Hospitals often retain birth registers and occasionally have medical information on children born there. Medical records regarding the person you are searching for may sometimes be obtained. | :*'''Hospital records''': Hospitals often retain birth registers and occasionally have medical information on children born there. Medical records regarding the person you are searching for may sometimes be obtained. | ||
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'''You will want to research and understand [STATE] statutes about the release of these two different levels of information.''' | '''You will want to research and understand [STATE] statutes about the release of these two different levels of information.''' | ||
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'''Nonidentifying information:''' Nonidentifying information includes the health, behavioral health, developmental, educational, and social histories of the child and the child's parents and other birth relatives. '''Nearly all states allow an adult adoptee to access nonidentifying information about birth relatives, generally upon written request.''' Usually, the adoptee must be at least age 18 before he or she may access this information. Information '''may''' include: | '''Nonidentifying information:''' Nonidentifying information includes the health, behavioral health, developmental, educational, and social histories of the child and the child's parents and other birth relatives. '''Nearly all states allow an adult adoptee to access nonidentifying information about birth relatives, generally upon written request.''' Usually, the adoptee must be at least age 18 before he or she may access this information. Information '''may''' include: | ||
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===Making Contact With Relatives=== | ===Making Contact With Relatives=== | ||
====Mutual Consent Registries==== | ====Mutual Consent Registries==== | ||
* | *Indiana has a mutual consent registry. A mutual consent registry is a means for individuals directly involved in adoptions to indicate their willingness or unwillingness to have their identifying information disclosed. | ||
*Most registries require consent of at least one birth parent and an adoptee over the age of 18 or 21, or of adoptive parents if the adoptee is a minor, in order to release identifying information. | *Most registries require consent of at least one birth parent and an adoptee over the age of 18 or 21, or of adoptive parents if the adoptee is a minor, in order to release identifying information. | ||
*Most states that have registries require the parties seeking to exchange information to file affidavits consenting to the release of their personal information. | *Most states that have registries require the parties seeking to exchange information to file affidavits consenting to the release of their personal information. | ||
*The | *The Indiana registry will release identifying information '''unless a non-consent form has been filed''' (as of 11 September 2020): | ||
====Finding a Mutual Consent Registry==== | ====Finding a Mutual Consent Registry==== | ||
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====International Soundex Reunion Registry==== | ====International Soundex Reunion Registry==== | ||
*[http://www.isrr.org/About.html '''International Soundex Reunion Registry,'''] a free mutual consent reunion registry for people seeking birth relatives. | *[http://www.isrr.org/About.html '''International Soundex Reunion Registry,'''] a free mutual consent reunion registry for people seeking birth relatives. | ||
==For Further Reading== | ==For Further Reading== | ||