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2. Sealed birth records - Wikipedia

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   Sealed birth records. Sealed birth records refers to the practice of sealing the original birth certificate upon adoption or legitimation, often making a copy of the record unavailable except by court order. Upon finalization of the adoption, the original birth certificate is sealed and replaced with an amended birth certificate declaring the ...

3. Adoption reunion registry - Wikipedia

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   Adoption reunion registry. An adoption reunion registry is a formal mechanism where adoptees and their birth family members can be reunited. Registries may be free or charge fees, be facilitated by non-profit organizations, government agencies or private businesses. Generally, such adoption registries exist only in countries which practiced ...

4. Adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Adoption in the United States. In the United States, adoption is the process of creating a legal parent–child relationship between a child and a parent who was not automatically recognized as the child's parent at birth. Most adoptions in the US are adoptions by a step-parent. The second most common type is a foster care adoption.

5. Closed adoption - Wikipedia

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   Closed adoption (also called " confidential " adoption and sometimes " secret " adoption) is a process by which an infant is adopted by another family, and the record of the biological parent (s) is kept sealed. Often, the biological father is not recorded—even on the original birth certificate. An adoption of an older child who already knows ...

6. International Soundex Reunion Registry - Wikipedia

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   The International Soundex Reunion Registry, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, tax exempt, humanitarian organization founded in 1975 by Emma May Vilardi. ISRR is a free mutual consent adoption reunion registry for persons desiring a reunion with next-of-kin. This agency serves the needs of family members who have been separated from each other ...

7. Gladney Center for Adoption - Wikipedia

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   Gladney Center for Adoption. The Gladney Center for Adoption in Fort Worth, Texas, US, provides adoption and advocacy services. Following its 1880s origins, when it focused on locating homes for orphans during a period of mass migration. It evolved into lobbying, international adoptions, counseling, maternity services, education and philanthropy.