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April 25, 2010

If an adoption was private, is there any way a person can have the records opened?

This is a question for a person that I know who wants to find her birth parents.

I had a cousin that was adopted and she found my aunt after 30 something years. She contacted the Adoption agency and then they contacted my aunt and had to get the OK from her to give my cousin the file but I am not sure how it works the other way if my aunt would have wanted the information if they would have given it to her or not. Hopefully this helped.

  1. I am struggling with the same thing. I was born in Michigan and put up for adoption, and OF COURSE the records there are still closed. I wish you luck on your search.
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    Comment by destini'smom — April 25, 2010 @ 11:42 am
  2. I had a cousin that was adopted and she found my aunt after 30 something years. She contacted the adoption agency and then they contacted my aunt and had to get the OK from her to give my cousin the file but I am not sure how it works the other way if my aunt would have wanted the information if they would have given it to her or not. Hopefully this helped.
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    Comment by mom2alicia12403 — April 25, 2010 @ 12:27 pm
  3. I believe the person who was adopted has to be over the age of 18 before that can ever happen.
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    Comment by herbie36f — April 25, 2010 @ 12:38 pm
  4. if you know your date of birth and where you were born you can try the hospital records using the proccess of ilimination you can also patition the court for your records a private investigator can usually help ..
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    Comment by davequeen69 — April 25, 2010 @ 12:57 pm
  5. It depends on each state, but usually most of them wait until the child is of majority age which is 18.
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    Adopted a baby girl at 6wks old in Feb 2004

    Comment by Phil P — April 25, 2010 @ 1:35 pm
  6. i hope you find your parents.

    Regarding the answer you gave to my question(s).
    let me say I DIDNT NEED ATTENTION .
    but I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET,
    and there is no harm in posting the same paragraph in different sections.
    You are in no position to tell others what to do.
    its just plain advice,nothing more
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    god given life

    Comment by Drama queen — April 25, 2010 @ 2:16 pm

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