What is Adoption
Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents. Adoption results in the severing of the parental responsibilities an...
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Hi everyone...I was adopted at birth and lately have been really concerned about my medical history. I have always wanted to know about my background but I am at some sort of breaking point now. Does anyone have any information/advice about unsealing my adoption records? I am currently in the process of going through the state but where my adoption was private it is likely I will have to petition the court and I am really scared.
Posted on 02/16/09, 07:02 pm |
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i don't know how it works in the States(I live in England0 but i accessed my adoption records through a social worker. Good luck! 
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The old ways of adoption are changing. Slow but they are.
Find a back door. Get with a good, active support group. Read. Talk with a few people in the court system. You just might get to know some one who has a bit of "pull" to help. I was adopted from West Virginia. They are one of the hardest. You will be OK. I know you want it RIGHT NOW. But in time, with education and good support, it will work out. Paul
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You dont' sound ready to me...and that's okay. I found out when I was 25. I'm glad that I did because it was great finding out who I looked like and also some medical history. However, I wish that I would have had someone to remind me that there may be some things that are hard to swallow. If you don't think you can handle any negative news yet, don't do it. If you can go into it with an open mind, that's great.
My feeling always is...without them, especially my birth Mom-- I wouldn't be here. THE best gift they could have given me is exactly what they did...put me up for adoption. I was an infant. I'm also from WV. It was easy for me...I'm almost 48 now. A judge opened the records for me when I was 17-- all he did was call my aunt at work and ask her for permission (I didn't want Mom and Dad to know yet). THen I sat on the info for 8 years. It of course wouldn't be so easy now. Good luck. queenie
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I have wanted to do this too, but when I went online to check out the North Carolina adoption laws everything seemed so complicated. I now feel too discouraged to look.
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sry wish i could help but do not know
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