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 '''Clerk of the Superior Court'''<br>Records Information Center<br>P.O. Box 967<br>Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0967<br>Telephone: 609-292-4978<br>Fax: 609-777-0094<br>Internet: [http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/superior/dissolution.htm Clerk of the Superior Court]
-==Adoption Records==
-Beginning January 2017, adoptees, direct descendant, sibling or spouse of an adoptee adopted after 1940 can obtain an uncertified copy of their original certificate from the State of New Jersey. The uncertified copy cannot be used for legal proof of identity, citizenship or as a substitute for an Original Birth Certificate. Birth parents were permitted to redact their identifying information from their biological child's original birth certificate for adoptions finalized before 1 August 2015. Birth parents had to make the redaction request on or before 31 December 2016. The adoptee may also receive family history information and birth parent contact information if the birth parents supplied the information. Birth parents have the option of no contact, direct contact, or contact through an intermediary. As of 6 January 2017, our of the approximately 300,000 records for adopted children only [https://www.nj.com/politics/2017/01/after_brief_delay_state_sending_birth_certificates.html a little over 500 birth parents] requested redaction of their names.
-The fee for the [https://www.nj.gov/health/forms/reg-41.pdf Application for an Uncertified Copy of An Adopted Person's Original Birth Record] is $25 for the first copy and $2 for each additional copy ordered at the same time. There are additional [https://www.nj.gov/health/forms/reg-41instr_1.pdf instructions for completing the application]. The administration of this application is through the New Jersey Department of Health, Vital Statistics, and Registry, P.O. Box 370, Trenton, NJ 08625-0370, 609-292-4087 ext. 529.
-It should be noted that New Jersey's 1940 adoption statute did not retroactively seal earlier adoption files.
-The New Jersey State Archives has early adoption records from some counties. Their holdings vary from county to county. Additional and/or more recent records are held by the county surrogates' offices and Superior Court; consult the county records and judiciary pages for addresses and links.
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