Alabama
Open Records State Adoption Dept: Dept. of
Human Resources, Office of Adoption, S. Gordon Persons Building, 50 Ripley St.,
Montgomery, AL 36130 (205) 242-9500.
Alaska
At age 18 adoptees have full access to records, passive registry for birth
parents.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Health & Social Services, Pouch H-05,
Juneau, AK 99811 (907)465-3191.
Arizona
By court order. Intermediary system.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of
Economic Security, Admin. for Children, Youth, & Families, 3001 W Indian School
Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85017 (602) 277-3564.
Arkansas
By court order. Passive registry, intermediary system.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Svcs., Division of Social Services:
Adoption Services, P.O. Box 1437 slot 808, Little Rock, AR 72203 (501) 682-8345.
Pending legislation: Bill HB 2202, all adoptees permitted OBC at age 21
State Registry: Mutual Consent Voluntary Registry, 626 Donaghey Plaza South,
P.O. Box 1437 Little Rock, AK (501)203-1437.
California
By court order. Waiver system.
State Adoption Dept. and Registry: Dept.
of Social Services, Adoption Branch, 744 P St., MS 19-31, Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 973-3827.
Colorado
By court order before 6/9/99. At age 18 after that unless birth parent
vetoes. Passive registry, intermediary system. State Adoption Dept: Dept.
of Social Services, Post Adoption Services, 1575 Sherman St., Denver, CO 80203
(303) 866-5700.
State Reunion Registry: Voluntary Adoption Registry, 4210 E. 11th Ave.,
Denver, CO 80220 (303) 320-8333)
Connecticut:
By court order. Intermediary
system.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Children & Youth Services: Adoption Resource
Exchange, Under cliff Road Bldg. 2, Meriden, CT 06450 (203) 238-6640.
Pending
legislation: 1999SB-01274-R00-SB. Opens records with provisions for both
birthparent waiver, and hearings to open records despite said waiver. Status:
referred to Committee on Judiciary
State Reunion Registry: Each agency is required to maintain its own
registry.
Delaware
Original Birth Certificate at 21, unless Birth parent vetoes, active
registry.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Services for Children, Youth & their Families,
Division of Child Protective Services, Attn.: Adoption Coordinator, 1825
Faulkland Rd., Wilmington, DE 19805-1195 (302) 633-2655.
Washington DC
By court order only.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Services, Adoption & Placement Rsrcs.,
609 H Street, NE, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20002 (202) 727-5930.
Florida
By court order. Passive registry, intermediary system.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Health & Rehabilitative Services, Family and
Child Services, 1317 Winewood Blvd. Bldg. 8, Rm. 100, Tallahassee, FL 32301
(904) 488-8000.
State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept. Registration: $35
Updates: $10.
Georgia
By court order. Active registry. State Adoption Dept: GA Dept. of Human
Resources, State Adoption Unit, Rm. 501, 878 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
(404) 894-2641. State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept.
Hawaii
Original Birth certificate at 18 for those
adopted after 1991, if no disclosure veto is on file. Post 1991 if waiver is on
file, adoptees may obtain records, if not, a Confidential intermediary is
assigned to obtain waiver from birth parents. If the birth parents are not found
in 120 days, adoptees are granted access to records. Birth parents rules are the
same, and may obtain an original birth certificate.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Svcs., Child & Family Svcs., P. O. Box
339, Honolulu, HI 96809-0339 (808) 548-2211.
State Reunion Registry: No formal registry on state level. 1st Circuit
Family Court maintains a registry for the 1st circuit only.
Idaho
By court order.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Health & Welfare: Adoption Dept., 450 W. State
Street, Boise, ID 83720 (208) 334-5697.
State Reunion Registry: Contact Vital Statistics Agency: Bureau of Vital
Statistics, State Dept of Health & Welfare: Statehouse, Boise, ID 83720 (208)
334-5988.
Illinois
By court order. Confidential Intermediary Sys. Recent legislation instituted
an active registry reunited adoptees and Birth parents may obtain OBC with
permission from other parties.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Children & Family Services, 406 E. Monroe,
Springfield, IL 62706 (217) 785-2519.
State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept.
Indiana
By court order, except those adopted before 1940, who have full access to
records. Intermediary system, passive registry.
State Adoption Dept: State Dept. of Public Welfare, Social Services
Division, 141 Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46225 (317) 232-4956.
State Reunion Registry: IN Adoption History Registry, State Registrar of
Vital Stats., P. O. Box 1964, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1964 (317) 633-0274.
Iowa
By court order after 1941. Pre 1941 open. Passive registry, State
Adoption Dept: Iowa Dept. of Human Services: Division of Adult, Children &
Family Svcs., Hoover Building, Des Moines, IA 50319 (515) 281-5358.
Kansas
All adoption records open to adoptee at age 18. Active registry.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Social & Rehabilitative Services: Division of
Children & Youth, 300 SW Oakley, Topeka, KS 66606 (913) 296-2500.
Kentucky
Adoptees have access to records only with birth parent
permission at age 18. Intermediary program, passive registry. State Adoption
Dept: Dept. for Social Services, Cabinet for Human Rscrs., 275 E. Main St. -6th
Floor W, Frankfort, KY 40621 (502) 564-2136.
Louisiana
Court order only. Passive registry. State
Adoption Dept: Office of Human Development, Adoption Program, P. O. Box 3318,
Baton Rouge, LA 70821 (504) 342-4040. State Reunion Registry: Must be over 25
yrs. old. Contact the State Adoption Dept.
Maine
Adoption Records:
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/bohodr/ovrpage.htm
Reunion Registry:
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/cw/adoption/reunionregistry.htm
Court order only. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept: Bur. of Child &
Family Svcs., Main Dept. of Human Svcs., 221 State Street, Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 289-5060. State Reunion Registry: Contact Vital Statistics Agency: Office
of Vital Statistics, ME Dept. of Human Svcs., 221 State St., State House,
Station 11, Augusta, ME 04333 (207) 289-3184.
Maryland
By court order only after June 1, 1947. New CI system, access to
OBC with identifying info removed. By contacting the circuit court pre 1947,
unless sealed by the parties involved. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human
Resources, 311 W. Saratoga Street, Baltimore, MD 21201(410) 333-0235. State
Reunion Registry: MD Mutual Consent Registry, 311 W. Saratoga St., Baltimore, MD
21201 (There is a $25 enrollment fee).
Massachusetts
By court order. Waiver system. State Adoption Dept: Dept.
of Social Services, 150 Causeway St., Boston, MA 02114(617) 727-0900. State
Reunion Registry: Massachusetts Adoption Search Coordinator Department of Social
Services 24 Farnsworth St. Boston, MA 02210.
Michigan
By court order. Waiver System in central
registry, Intermediary system. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Social Services, P.
O. Box 30037, Lansing, MI 48909 (517)373-3513. State Reunion Registry: Contact
State Adoption Dept.
Minnesota
Post 1982 records released when adoptee is an adult, unless Birth parent
disclosure veto is on file. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Services, 444
Lafayette Rd., St. Paul, MN 55155-3831(612) 296-0584.
Mississippi
By court order. Intermediary system, post 1994 birth parent
registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Public Welfare, 855 S Plaza Drive,
Jackson, MS 39284 (601)373-3526.
Missouri
Missouri does not
have an active registry, rather, it is passive and requires both the adult
adoptee and the biological parent to have registered. True, an adult
adoptee may request the court to order a search, which would be active, however
this is a different action than the registry. (573) 751-4329.
Montana
After Oct. 1, 1997, placement records released unless birth
parent veto. July 1, 1967- Sept. 30, 1997, by court order. Before 1967, original
birth certificates released upon request. Passive registry, intermediary system.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Social & Rehabilitation Services: Social Svcs.
Bureau, 111 Sanders Street, Helena, MT 59601 (406) 444-5622. Nebraska: By law,
Over age 25 unless birthparent veto is on record. In practice, adoptive parents
can veto, and unless a birth parent waiver is on file, records are being denied.
Waiver system, active registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Public Welfare,
Division of Social Services, P. O. Box 95026, Lincoln, NE 68509 (401) 471-3121.
State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept. Nevada: By court order.
Passive registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Resources., Welfare
Division, 251 Jeanell Drive, Capitol Mall Complex, Carson City, NV 89710 (702)
687-4760.
New Hampshire
State Reunion Registry: Contact State
Adoption Dept. New Hampshire: By court order. Waiver system, intermediary
system. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Health & Welfare, Bureau of Child & Family
Services, 6 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-6202. New Jersey: By court
order. State Adoption Dept: Dept of Institutions & Agencies: Division of Youth &
Family Services, P. O. Box 510, Trenton, NJ 08625 (609) 292-8816. State Reunion
Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept. Limited access.
New Jersey
By court order. State Adoption Dept: Dept of Institutions &
Agencies: Division of Youth & Family Services, P. O. Box 510, Trenton, NJ 08625
(609) 292-8816 State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept. Limited
access. New Mexico
By court order. Intermediary system.
State Adoption Dept: Human Services Dept., Social Services Division, Adoption
Services, P.O. Box 2348, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2348 (505) 827-8413.
New York
By court order. Passive registry, (Now
available to siblings) State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Social Services, NY St.
Adoption Services, 40 N. Pearl St., Albany, NY 12243-0001 (518) 474-2868. State
Reunion Registry: NY St. Health Dept., Adoption Information Registry, Corning
Tower - Room 208, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0023 (518) 474-1746.
North Carolina
By court order. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human
Rscrs., Child Services Bureau, Division of Social Services, 325 N. Salisbury,
Raleigh, NC 27611 (919) 733-0598.
North Dakota
By court order. Active registry. Waiver system. State Adoption Dept: Children &
Family Services, Russell Building, P. O. Box 7, Bismarck, ND 58505 (701)
224-2316. State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept.
Ohio
Before 1964, adoptees may be able to obtain original birth
certificate, unless there was a request to reissue the adoptive birth
certificate. After 1964, By court order. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept:
OH Dept. of Human Services, Division of Social Services, Bureau of Child
Services, 30 E. Broad Street 30th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215. State Reunion
Registry: Contact Vital Statistics Agency: Ohio Dept. of Health, Division of
Vital Statistics, 65 South Front Street, Columbus, OH 43266-0333 (614) 466-2531.
Oklahoma
By court order. Passive registry, new
intermediary system. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Human Services, Division of
Child Welfare, P. O. Box 25352, Oklahoma City, OK 73125 (405) 521-2778. State
Reunion Registry: Only for adoptions arranged by the state. Contact State
Adoption Dept.
Oregon
Open Records State Adoption Dept: Dept.
of Human Resources., Children Services Division, Adoption Services, 198
Commercial St. SE, Salem, OR 97310-0450 (503) 378-6224. State Reunion Registry:
Contact State Dept.
Pennsylvania
Access to original birth certificate at age 18 with waiver from birth parent.
Intermediary system, passive registry, medical registry. Statewide Adoption and
Permanency Network (SWAN) PO Box 2675 Harrisburg, Pa. 17105-2675. State Reunion
Registry: For birthparents only. Adoptees should write frequently to check
registry.
Website
Rhode Island
Court order. Passive registry.
State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Children & Their Families, 618 Mt. Pleasant
Avenue, Providence, RI 02908 (401) 457-4708.
South
Carolina
Court order. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept: SC Dept. of
Social Services, Adoption & Birth Parent Svcs., P.O. Box 1520, Columbia, SC
29202-1520 (803) 734-6095. State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption
Agency.
South Dakota
Court order. Passive
registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Social Services, Richard F. Kneip Bldg.,
700 Governor's Dr., Pierre, SD 57501 (605) 773-3521. State Reunion Registry:
Voluntary. Contact State Adoption Dept.
Tennessee
Original birth certificates to adult adoptees at age 21 unless their birth was a
result of rape or incest. If Birthparents do not desire contact, adoptees must
sign an agreement not to in order to obtain records. State Adoption Dept: Dept.
of Human Services, Post Adoption Branch, 400 Deaderick St., Nashville, TN
37248-9000 (615) 741-3263. State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept.
Texas
Court order. Passive registry. State Adoption
Dept: Dept. of Human Resources, 706 Bannister Ln., P.O. Box 2960, Austin, TX
78709 (512) 450-3011. State Reunion Registry: Contact Dept. of Health: Texas
Dept. of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1100 W. 49th St., Austin, TX 78756
Attn: Voluntary Mutual Consent Registry (512) 458-7111.
Utah
Court order. Passive registry. State Adoption
Dept: Dept. of Social Services, Division of Family Services, 120 N. 200 West,
Salt Lake City, UT 84103 (801) 468-5465.
State Reunion Registry: Contact:
Vital Statistics Agency, Attn: Adoption Registry, (801) 538-6363 Utah State
Dept. of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, P. O. Box 16700, Salt Lake City, UT
84116-0700 (801) 538-6380.
Vermont:
Before
1986, access for adoptees age 18 with birth parent consent. After 1986, full
access unless a birth parent veto is on file. Waver system maintained in central
registry. State Adoption Dept and Registry: Dept. of Social and Rehabilitation
Services, 103 S. Main St., Waterbury, VT 05676 (802) 864-7467.
Virginia
In parental consent adoptions after July 1994, at age 18 All
records are open to all involved parties. Before this date, by court order only.
Intermediary system. State Adoption Dept: VA Dept. of Health, Division of Social
Services, Adoption Reports Unit, 8007 Discovery Dr., Richmond, VA 23229-8699
(804) 662-9855.
Washington
At age 18 after Oct. 1, 1993 unless
birth parent vetoes. By court order prior to that. Intermediary System. State
Adoption Dept: Dept. of Social & Health Services: Bureau of Children's Services,
Office Building #2, Olympia, WA 98504.
West
Virginia
Court order. Passive registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of
Social Services, 1900 Washington St. E, Charleston, WV 25305, (304) 348-4098.
State Reunion Registry: Contact State Adoption Dept.
Wisconsin
Access to original birth certificate at
age 18 with birth parent consent. Passive registry for birth parents, Active
registry for adoptees. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Health & Social Services:
Division of Community Services, 1 W. Wilson St., Madison, WI 53702 Attn:
Adoption Search Coordinator. (608)266-7163. Pending legislation: Assembly bill
526. An open records for adoptees age 18 and older to obtain original birth
certificate, but with many restrictions.
Wyoming
By court order: Intermediary system and
registry. State Adoption Dept: Dept. of Health & Social Services: Division of
Public Assistance & Social Services, Hathaway Bldg., Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307)
777-7656.
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