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*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.
====Finding a Mutual Consent Registry====
To find contact information for a state agency or department that assists in accessing adoption records, go to Child Welfare Information Gateway's National Foster Care and Adoption Directory and search under State Reunion Registries/ConfidentialIntermediary Services:
*[https://www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad/ '''State Reunion Registries/Confidential Intermediary Services''']
::Select "[STATE]" from the drop-down menu.
::Scroll down to "Adoption Search" and click the box for "State Reunion Registries/Confidential Intermediary Services".
::Click on "GO".


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