In nearly all States, adoption records are sealed and withheld from public inspection after the adoption is finalized. To maintain the confidentiality of these records, most States have instituted procedures by which parties to an adoption may obtain nonidentifying and identifying information from an adoption record, while still protecting the interests of all parties.
Non-Identifying Information
Nonidentifying information is generally limited to descriptive details about an adopted person and the adopted person’s birth relatives. Nonidentifying information may include the following:
– Date and place of the adopted person’s birth
– Age of the birth parents and general physical description such as eye and hair color
– Race, ethnicity, religion, and medical history of the birth parents
– Educational level of the birth parents and their occupation at the time of the adoption
– Reason for placing child for adoption
– Existence of other children born to each birth parent
Nearly all States allow the adopted person to have access to nonidentifying information about birth...
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