Your Adoption Triad Finder

~ internet adoption locate ~

2005-06-27T19:37:00.000-07:00

Tupelo native meets Miss. relatives after 18 years

Nearly 18 years ago, Larry Traylor and his parents moved from the family oriented environment of Tupelo to Las Vegas with the idea of starting over. But the then-3-year-old didn't know starting over meant getting a new home along with a new family. After being in Las Vegas for less than a year, Traylor and two siblings were put up for adoption. Traylor went to school, just like the other kids; he played sports, just like the other kids, and he was loved by his family, just like the other kids. But unlike the other kids, a chapter of Traylor's life was an unsolved mystery — until last month.

~ oregon allows access to original birth certificates of adoptees ~

2005-06-26T13:29:00.000-07:00

What it does: Allows adoptees 21 and older who were born in Oregon to see their original birth certificates, which the state began sealing in 1957. Certificates usually include the name of the birth mother, and sometimes the birth father. The law allows birth mothers to attach forms to the birth certificates, indicating whether they want contact.

~ open adoption in oregon ~

2005-06-17T18:46:00.000-07:00

~ indiana family reunited ~

2005-06-13T10:05:00.000-07:00

Man discovers he's adopted and has 15 siblings.

~ Daughter adopted years ago is sought by birth father ~

2005-06-05T11:04:00.000-07:00

Ashley was placed for adoption after her mother went to jail in 1988 in connection with the beating death of Ashley’s sister, Jessica, who was 2 at the time. Now, Ashley’s family, including her birth father, Lance, 45, are trying to find her, in hopes of reconnecting with the girl who is now 19.

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~ legislation in massachusetts aims to open adoption birth records ~

2005-05-30T20:53:00.000-07:00

Adopted children seek original birth certificates; some object

~ birth adoption resources ~

2005-05-29T16:03:00.000-07:00

Some informational sites for adoption research.

State adoption laws

Various general resources

Legislation

Adoption registries: http://registry.adoption.com/
List of registries

Activism

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~ adoptees respond to open adoption ~

2005-05-29T15:23:00.000-07:00

Should adopted children have access to their original birth certificates?

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~ open adoption practiced in california ~

2005-05-23T18:46:00.000-07:00

Adoption sheds its secrecy [free registration required]

~ MO Search reunites lost loves ~

2005-05-22T15:25:00.000-07:00

Search reunites lost loves
A woman's quest to find her birth parents ends in the two getting married.

~ new jersey adoptees persevere in efforts to locate biological relatives ~

2005-05-22T15:19:00.000-07:00

Adoptees persevere in efforts to locate biological relatives

For an adoptee, knowing the name of a birth parent is one thing.
Finding that parent is another story entirely.
Even if the Legislature passes a law giving adoptees access to their original birth certificates, there's no guarantee that adoptees would be able to locate their parents.
To do that, some adoptees hire private investigators. Some are able to find their relatives through the state's adoption registry, while others do their own research.

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~ indiana medical history may not be available for adoptees - despite new law ~

2005-05-20T18:22:00.000-07:00

New law won't help all adoptees
Birth parents' data often unavailable in older cases

But advocates and the state official responsible for assisting adoptees in finding information about their birth parents say the new law won't help many adopted Hoosiers -- and particularly not older adoptees, like Romano, who are seeking medical records.
"The problem is the law did not require agencies to collect medical histories until 1986. Most hospitals only keep records for 10 years, and many agencies only have records for the last 20 or 25 years," said Mary Hinds, the assistant state registrar.

~ Internet brings adoptive parents, birth mother together ~

2005-05-18T22:02:00.000-07:00

Louisiana reunification

~ Pennsylvania - Adoptees’ search for answers ~

2005-05-17T17:16:00.000-07:00

Adoptees’ search for answers difficult in Pa.
State’s sealed birth records remain a barrier

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~ Iowa: Needing to find the natural connection ~

2005-05-17T17:12:00.000-07:00

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~ Indiana adoptees and birth parents can connect ~

2005-05-17T17:04:00.000-07:00

Indiana HB1217

Release of adoption history. Requires a person, a licensed child placing agency, or a county office of family and children to release to an adult adoptee certain social, medical, psychological, and educational records and reports concerning the adoptee, including adoption information from adoptions granted before July 1, 1993. Read the bill

Lawmaker's personal history drives agenda
Kuzman, adopted at birth, seeks to reform adoption laws

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~ Nevada bill would clarify adoption rights ~

2005-05-17T16:47:00.000-07:00

AB51 brings state law into line with a state Supreme Court decision that says agreements for contact between a mother - or father - and the adopted child are enforceable only if the agreement signed by both the natural parent and the adoptive parents is part of an adoption decree.

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~ Adoption is no longer considered shameful — so why do we still have 1950s-era laws? ~

2005-05-12T22:21:00.000-07:00

But he’s run up against a brick wall called Pennsylvania’s adoption law in his search. His records have either been destroyed, are sealed by the courts or are simply private under state law.

~ Hundreds of adoptees in N.H. seek birth certificates ~

2005-05-11T17:21:00.000-07:00

Hundreds of adoptees in N.H. seek birth certificates

~ Indiana adoption reconnection ~

2005-05-08T22:38:00.000-07:00

So close, so far away
Mother discovers that son given up for adoption was often nearby.

~ connecting the adoption triad in Michigan ~

2005-05-08T22:35:00.000-07:00

Two avenues available for birth parents to
search for children
A birth parent who places a child for adoption has the right to seek information about that child once he or she is at least 18 years old.
But it's up to the adoptee to decide whether to make that information available.
Biological parents in Michigan have two options: contacting the agency where the adoption took place and requesting a search; or contacting the family court in the county where parental rights were relinquished.

~ open adoption brings families together ~

2005-05-05T22:10:00.000-07:00

Sharing A Life

When a parent decides to give their child up for adoption it affects the biological family, the adoptive family, and the child.

~ Maine adoptions - opening closed records ~

2005-05-01T17:37:00.000-07:00

Should state open adoption files?

~ adoption locates - arcane laws and sealed records ~

2005-04-30T16:38:00.000-07:00

Strained relations
Adoptees who want to contact birth parents struggle against arcane laws and sealed records

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~ Open doors Adoption doesn’t have to be a secret ~

2005-04-30T16:33:00.000-07:00

Open doors Adoption doesn’t have to be a secret
By Natasha Whitling

Of the many misconceptions associated with adoption, one is the adoptive parents and especially the child should not have a relationship with the birth mother.

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