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'' | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Oregon Genealogy|Oregon]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Oregon_Vital_Records|Vital Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]Oregon Adoption'' | ||
==Types of Adoption Records== | |||
Adoption records consist of two types of information: Identifying and nonidentifying. Identifying information would allow adopted persons to locate their family of origin. Nonidentifying information would not allow an adopted person to locate their family of origin but would provide supporting data for the adoption process.<br><br> | Adoption records consist of two types of information: Identifying and nonidentifying. Identifying information would allow adopted persons to locate their family of origin. Nonidentifying information would not allow an adopted person to locate their family of origin but would provide supporting data for the adoption process.<br><br> | ||
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'''Court files.''' The adoption court files were sealed in 1957 and were opened in 2014 when Senate Bill 623 was passed. The ORS is 109.319, and the wording suggests the Department of Human Services makes the request.<br><br> | '''Court files.''' The adoption court files were sealed in 1957 and were opened in 2014 when Senate Bill 623 was passed. The ORS is 109.319, and the wording suggests the Department of Human Services makes the request.<br><br> | ||
===Oregon Adoption Law Timeline=== | |||
'''1864.''' The State of Oregon enacted its first adoption law in 1864. <br> | |||
That Law included the provision that <br> “Each judge shall annually, in the month of December, make a return to the office of the secretary of state of all changes of names made in the court under this title, and the same shall be published in a tabular form with the statutes of the following year.” <br>That summary was published in the biennial The General Laws of the State of Oregon and made available to the general public. The practice ended with the 1919 edition. It is at this time that the view that adoption was an abnormal way of forming families became prevalent. There was also concern that a child’s illegitimacy would be attached to the child and the adoptive family and become a social stigma.<br> | |||
<br>'''1957.''' ORS 7.211 was adopted, and “all records, papers and files relating to the adoption to be sealed in the record of the case and such sealed records, papers and files shall not be unsealed, opened or subject to the inspection of any person except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.” <br><br> | <br>'''1957.''' ORS 7.211 was adopted, and “all records, papers and files relating to the adoption to be sealed in the record of the case and such sealed records, papers and files shall not be unsealed, opened or subject to the inspection of any person except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.” <br><br> | ||