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== Adoption == | == Adoption == | ||
Note: Arizona's adoption records are confidential. If you were adopted and you are looking for your birth parents, or if you are the birth parent of an adoptee and you are looking for your child, you will need to engage the services of a Confidential Intermediary. Please refer to the Arizona Supreme Court's [http://www.supreme.state.az.us/cip/ Arizona Confidential Intermediary Program] web site for more information. | Note: Arizona's adoption records are confidential. If you were adopted and you are looking for your birth parents, or if you are the birth parent of an adoptee and you are looking for your child, you will need to engage the services of a Confidential Intermediary. Please refer to the Arizona Supreme Court's [http://www.supreme.state.az.us/cip/ Arizona Confidential Intermediary Program] web site for more information. <ref>"Access to Adoption Records" Adoption.com. Adoption Media, LLC, 1995 - 2009. Accessed 1 Sept. 2009. <http://http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/arizona-laws.html>. </ref> | ||
[http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/arizona-laws.html Arizona adoption laws] allow an adopted adult over the age of 21 to provide a notarized statement granting or refusing consent to release adoption information. Any party may try to obtain identifying information by petitioning the court for compelling need. | [http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/arizona-laws.html Arizona adoption laws] allow an adopted adult over the age of 21 to provide a notarized statement granting or refusing consent to release adoption information. Any party may try to obtain identifying information by petitioning the court for compelling need. | ||
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After a [http://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/26/CIP/pdf/CIdirectory05062010.pdf confidential intermediary] receives written consent from both parties, information may be released. Adoptive parents may prevent an adopted child& from being contacted by an intermediary without their permission and birth parents may prohibit an adopted child from contacting birth siblings without their permission. The Arizona confidential intermediary can be contacted at: <br>[http://www.supreme.state.az.us/cip/ Arizona Confidential Intermediary Program]<br>Arizona Supreme Court<br>Attn: Torin Scott<br>1501 W. Washington<br>Phoenix, AZ 85007<br>(602) 542-9586 or (602) 542-9580<br>[mailto:cip@supreme.sp.state.az.us cip@supreme.sp.state.az.us] | After a [http://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/26/CIP/pdf/CIdirectory05062010.pdf confidential intermediary] receives written consent from both parties, information may be released. Adoptive parents may prevent an adopted child& from being contacted by an intermediary without their permission and birth parents may prohibit an adopted child from contacting birth siblings without their permission. The Arizona confidential intermediary can be contacted at: <br>[http://www.supreme.state.az.us/cip/ Arizona Confidential Intermediary Program]<br>Arizona Supreme Court<br>Attn: Torin Scott<br>1501 W. Washington<br>Phoenix, AZ 85007<br>(602) 542-9586 or (602) 542-9580<br>[mailto:cip@supreme.sp.state.az.us cip@supreme.sp.state.az.us] | ||
<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1251835763014_871" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1251835763014_107" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1251835763014_755" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1251835763014_165">Source: Adoption.com. [http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/arizona-laws.html Arizona Adoption Laws]</span> | <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1251835763014_871" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1251835763014_107" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1251835763014_755" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1251835763014_165">Source: Adoption.com. [http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/arizona-laws.html Arizona Adoption Laws]</span> | ||
== Marriage Records == | == Marriage Records == | ||