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| link2=[[United States Adoption Research|U.S. Adoption Research]]
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| link3=[[United States Adoption Research Strategies, 1900s-2000s|Adoption Research Strategies]]
| link3=[[United States Adoption Research Strategies, 1900s-2000s|Adoption Research Strategies]]
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| link4=[[Delaware, United States Genealogy|Delaware]]
| link5=[[[STATE] Adoption Research|Adoption Research]]
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===Researching Relevant State Laws===
===Researching Relevant State Laws===
====Understand the difference between identifying and nonidentifying information.====
====Understand the difference between identifying and nonidentifying information.====
'''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 Delaware statutes about the release of these two different levels of information.'''
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*Access to information is not always restricted to birth parents and adoptees. Approximately 37 states allow '''birth siblings of the adoptee''' to seek and release identifying information upon mutual consent.<ref>"Access to Adoption Records", Child Welfare Information Gateway, https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/infoaccessap.pdf, accessed 11 September 2020.</ref>
*Access to information is not always restricted to birth parents and adoptees. Approximately 37 states allow '''birth siblings of the adoptee''' to seek and release identifying information upon mutual consent.<ref>"Access to Adoption Records", Child Welfare Information Gateway, https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/infoaccessap.pdf, accessed 11 September 2020.</ref>


====Study the laws specific to [STATE].====
====Study the laws specific to Delaware.====
'''Use these links to learn about the statutes governing an adoption in [STATE].'''
'''Use these links to learn about the statutes governing an adoption in Delaware.'''
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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 "[STATE]' the drop-down menu.  
::Select "Delaware' 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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*'''Adoptee Search Support Groups:''' There are nonprofit organizations that help teach methods for searching.  
*'''Adoptee Search Support Groups:''' There are nonprofit organizations that help teach methods for searching.  
::Click on [https://www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad/ '''National Foster Care & Adoption Directory Search.''']
::Click on [https://www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad/ '''National Foster Care & Adoption Directory Search.''']
::Select "[STATE]".
::Select "Delaware".
::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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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:  
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''']
*[https://www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad/ '''State Reunion Registries/Confidential Intermediary Services''']
::Select "[STATE]" from the drop-down menu.
::Select "Delaware" from the drop-down menu.
::Scroll down to "Adoption Search" and click the box for "State Reunion Registries/Confidential Intermediary Services".
::Scroll down to "Adoption Search" and click the box for "State Reunion Registries/Confidential Intermediary Services".
::Click on "GO".
::Click on "GO".
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:[STATE], United States]][[Category:Adoption]]
[[Category:Delaware, United States]][[Category:Adoption]]
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