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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''']
*Alabama, Alaska, Maine, Oregon, and the U.S. Virgin Islands,allow access to original birth certificates at the request of an adult adoptee, without a court order and without the consent of the birth parents.
*Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Washington allow adoptees to request birth certificates unless the birth parent specifically requested that the information not be released.
*Idaho, Mississippi and the Northern Mariana Islands, for example, allow access when all parties consent to the release of the information, while other states allow accessing only when the birth parents consent.
*Still, other states limit access to adoptees born in certain years. Some states delay access in order to prepare biological parents for the possibility of contact with a child they placed for adoption.
*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. *Hawaii legislation allows adult adoptees, adoptive parents and natural parents “unfettered” access to the adopted person’s sealed records. *Missouri allows an adoptee to apply for an original copy of his or her birth certificate, with certain restrictions and includes a waiting period and fee. The Hawaii and Missouri bills were awaiting governors’ signatures at the time of publication. Pending legislation in *Pennsylvania would provide an adult adoptee with access to a noncertified copy of his or her original birth record information without the consent of the birth parents. It also would allow for redacting birth parents’ names from a birth record and provide contact preference forms.
:::In other states, an original birth certificate may be obtained through a '''court petition.'''  
:::In other states, an original birth certificate may be obtained through a '''court petition.'''  
:*'''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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*[https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/laws-policies/state/ '''State Statutes Search, Child Welfare Information Gateway''']  
*[https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/laws-policies/state/ '''State Statutes Search, Child Welfare Information Gateway''']  
::Select "Arizona' the drop-down menu.  
::Select "Arizona" in the drop-down menu.  
::Then check the box for "Access to Adoption Records" under the "Adoption" list.  
::Then check the box for "Access to Adoption Records" under the "Adoption" list.  
::Click "Go!".
::Click "Go!".
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::Check the box "Birth Family and Adoptee Search Support Groups" under "Support Groups".
::Check the box "Birth Family and Adoptee Search Support Groups" under "Support Groups".
::Click: "GO".
::Click: "GO".
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*'''Hiring a Professional Researcher:'''<br>
*'''Hiring a Professional Researcher:'''<br>
**Professional searchers include certified independent search consultants, licensed private investigators who may or may not have adoption experience, nonprofit organizations that train in adoption searching, and experts in a field who may or may not have a certification (e.g., confidential intermediaries).  
**Professional searchers include certified independent search consultants, licensed private investigators who may or may not have adoption experience, nonprofit organizations that train in adoption searching, and experts in a field who may or may not have a certification (e.g., confidential intermediaries).  
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*[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.
====Confidential Intermediary Services====
====Confidential Intermediary Services====
Individuals who were adopted and are looking for their birth parents, or who are the birth parents of an adoptee and are looking for their child need to engage the services of a Confidential Intermediary. Please refer to the Arizona Supreme Court's [https://www.azcourts.gov/cld/Confidential-Intermediary-Program Confidential Intermediary Program] web site for more information. Access to Adoption Records" Adoption.com. Adoption Media, LLC, 1995 - 2009. Accessed 1 Sept. 2009. [http://http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/arizona-laws.html]  
Individuals who were adopted and are looking for their birth parents, or who are the birth parents of an adoptee and are looking for their child need to engage the services of a Confidential Intermediary. Please refer to the Arizona Supreme Court's [https://www.azcourts.gov/cld/Confidential-Intermediary-Program Confidential Intermediary Program] web site for more information. Access to Adoption Records" Adoption.com. Adoption Media, LLC, 1995 - 2009. Accessed 1 Sept. 2009. [http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/arizona-laws.html]  


The following parties may use the services of a confidential intermediary to obtain adoption information:  
The following parties may use the services of a confidential intermediary to obtain adoption information:  
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