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New York Request for Information - Private Adoption
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Under current law, an adoptee's birth certificate is sealed once an adoption is filed. To unseal the records, a person must petition the courts and all parties, including the biological parents, who must consent in order for the information to be released.
Adoption records are sealed at the time of the adoption and are not public. You need a court order to open them. If you were adopted in New York City but don't know in which court, check both.
The adoptive parents' application to an adoption agency remains confidential, however. The cost for a confidential intermediary and related court fees can be around $500, but varies by state and agency.
Under current law, an adoptee's birth certificate is sealed once an adoption is filed. To unseal the records, a person must petition the courts and all parties, including the biological parents, who must consent in order for the information to be released.
The certificate will normally include Full Adoption Name, Date of Birth, Sex, Place of Birth (where known), Adoptive Parent(s') name(s), their address and Occupation at time of adoption, Date of the Adoption Order and description of the court which made it; Date of entry into the Adopted Children Register.
Since the Children Act 1975 adoption agencies were expected to keep adoption records for 75 years. However has been increased to 100 years since the implementation of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
All California county adoptions are closed, meaning that the court file which names the birth parents and adoptive parents and the record of the original birth certificate are not released by the court except by court order.Adoption files and records are confidential and not open to the public.
Go to the county of the adoption and contact the county clerk to learn the rules about obtaining information for a closed adoption. Fill out the petition form and file it with the county court to review.