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2. Adoption reunion registry - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Sealed birth records - Wikipedia

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   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 adoptee to be the child ...

4. Adoption disclosure - Wikipedia

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   Many adoption reunion registries have been created since the 1950s, from those that are part of adoption search and support group membership services, to internet registries and state sponsored registries. The oldest and largest independent registry is ISRR - the International Soundex Reunion Registry, Inc. founded in 1975. [2]

5. 'Ruined them for a baby': Birth mother facing eviction after ...

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   Garza's adoption agencies—first Heart and Soul, and more recently Love and Light—have a problematic history, beginning as early as 2008, ...

6. Adoptee rights - Wikipedia

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   Adoptee rights are the legal and social rights of adopted people relating to their adoption and identity. These rights frequently center on access to information which is kept sealed within closed adoptions, but also include issues relating to intercultural or international adoption, interracial adoption, and coercion of birthparents.

7. Couple Adopts Baby After Independently Finding Birth Mother ...

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   When Seamus King, 41, and Kate O'Sullivan, 37, welcomed their son James through adoption in 2021, they couldn't believe they were finally able to become parents. "Oh my God, we held him and I ...

8. 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 by ...

9. Jean M. Paton - Wikipedia

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   Jean M. Paton (1908 – 2002) was an American adoptee rights activist who worked to reverse harmful policies, practices, and laws concerning adoption and closed records. Paton founded the adoptee support and search network Orphan Voyage in 1953, helping connect adoptees with their birthparents, and was instrumental in the creation of the ...