Once a child is adopted from foster care, it’s as if they are reborn in the eyes of many child welfare agencies. In required data reports to the federal government, these agencies remove evidence that ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Adoptees born between 1941 and 1994 would be able to access their birth records under a bill passed by the Indiana Senate. The bill approved on a 43-5 vote Thursday would reverse a ...

Should adoption records be open? Several adoptees, birth parents and others offer their personal, often moving stories. To the Editor: Re “I Was Denied My Birth Story,” by Steve Inskeep (Op-Ed, March ...

Old adoption records housed at a state agency in St. Paul soon could become a more important resource for people researching their family histories. Minnesota is making plans to digitize about 5 ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A newly published audit focusing on Richmond's Department of Social Services (RDSS) is shedding light on the agency's adoption program. According to the report by the office of city ...

The ongoing review of records in the embattled Westmoreland County Register of Wills Office has unearthed more incomplete adoption files, leading to personnel changes enacted this week by the ...

When state Rep. Charles Owen went searching for his birth certificate last year, he hit a frustrating dead end: under Louisiana law, adoption records are under seal, available only through a court ...