Hi
Thanks for the info on contacting the "Surrogat's Court". I did so on this past Tues. and received the 2 applications on Fri. I was really surprised it came so fast as the court is in New York City. Not to see how long it takes to get something back.
By the way I just turned 60 and only found out 14 months ago that I was adopted.
Thanks for the info.
D.O.B. 12/1/45 Queens NY Is what I think if it is the same I've known all my life.
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Originally Posted by ksb51
Most/many of the older adoptions (1930s-mid 1960s) were done in Surrogate Court. 1960s-recent, were usually finalized in Family Court.
If you don't have an "Order of Adoption" or a "Certificate of Adoption" you CAN request these. More than not it will take several requests.. and you will end up with a certificate of adoption. (the only identifying information here, is the specific date and court of of jurisdiction. But it is YOURS and you are entitled to PROOF that yo were legally adopted in that county and when! You can usually look in the front of most NY state phonebooks and find the phone numbers (and sometimes addresses) for the Family and/or the Surrogate court. These letters must be notarized! You also should call in advance if this is a larger city and ask if there is a specific judge that handled the post adoption requests. Your letter should refer to this judge as "Honorable" before the person's name !
(eg: Honorable John Doe"). You will need to include in this letter, your place of birth, date of birth, the full names of your adopted parents (including your mother's maiden name) and the address (or atleast the city) that your parents lived in at the time of this finalization.
Hope this info is of some help to some of you!
KSB.
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