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Holy Family Services - Counseling and Adoption
Thousand Oaks Office - Ventura County
80 East Hillcrest Avenue
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
(805) 464-2367
***Non-identifying information***
Information can be requested from the adoption file by contacting the adoption agency that handled the adoption. The non-identifying report should have most or all of the following about the birth family. If the information you currently have was given to your adoptive parents at the time of your adoption you should request “updated non-id”. Or, if the report does not contain all of the information below contact the agency for updated information:
A. Age of birth parents at the time of relinquishment
B. State of birth of birth parents
C. Marital status of birth parents
D. Other siblings born before the adoptee to the birth parents
E. Physical description of birth parents
F. Ethnicity of birth parents
G. Religion of birth parents
H. Occupation of birth parents
I. Education of birth parents
J. Information about aunts, uncles and grandparents such as ages and occupations
K. Reason for relinquishment
***Waiver for Consent to Contact Form***
The Waiver is a form that can be used by adoptees, relinquished siblings or birthparents to give their permission for contact should a waiver be filed by both
parties.
NOTE: If the Holy Families is not the agency this office can be contacted for the above services if it was a private adoption:
State of California
Dept of Social Services, Adoptions
744 P Street MS 3-31
Sacramento CA 95814
Phone: 916-651-8088
Also, if neither of the two agencies have your adoption file try this office:
California Department of Social Services
Counties Served: Ventura
4651 Telephone Road, Suite 205
Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 654-3454
Email:
California Website:
Other great websites to check out:
http://www.adoptionchat.com
http://www.adoptionlists.com
http://www.adoption.com
http://www.adopting.org
http://www.adoptionregistry.com