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By PI-GeorgeMartin June 2, 2010 4:00 PM
Child adoption records access.
Child adoption records also referred to as adoptive records are records containing information about an adoption. Although US states collect and process public information in a differently, the basic information contained in child adoption records will reveal the name of the birth parents, their age and address, occupation and the reasons why they have put the child for adoption.
Adoptive records are managed by government agencies. If you need to view adoptive records you will need to contact the agency responsible for these records in your state or in the state where the adoption has taken place. The most common problem connected with child adoption records access is that they are not freely available to members of the general public.
Who can access adoptive records?
There are different regulations governing the matter of adoptive records access in each of the US states. In general these records cannot be access by anyone who wants to. Most states will allow public access to edited versions of child adoption records called records containing unindentifying information. This precaution measure is taken with the child's wellbeing taken into consideration.
Adoptive records are usually sealed after the finalization of the adoption. Access to these records can be obtained by an adoptee who is of legal age, their birth parents or next of kin as well as birth brothers and sisters.
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