[HouseMouse]

Has anyone requested the court to open their adoption file for medical reasons or any reason? And if so what was the reason and what happened? I have all the paperwork and want to get this right.....Thanks

[FAYE56]

Hi HouseMouse

I filed in NJ - reason being Colon Cancer - found at age 49 1/2
Had no symptons just had the test a little early for convenience. Along with my Petition I sent the pathology report as well as pictures.

Judge was sympathetic - felt I had a right to my Medical History - he didn't officially give me my records (I was requesting my OBC - but that wasn't in the files anyway), but he did read through the document and gave me her name and origin and read outloud a little from the file.

Good Luck!

[snuffie]

I petitioned the court and was granted my original birth certificate and adoption papers. The state adoption record search program helped me to do this. I think that because my bmom was deceased at the time, it was easier to get my records.

I petitioned a different court to get my bmom's original birth certificate. She had also been adopted and I had searched and found her birth family. So it was a not a secret anymore. But the judge in this case wasn't sympathetic and said I would have to have a "hearing" with birth relatives present and they would have to be interviewed etc. Talk about a big mess over nothing! But I opted to not go through all of that at this time.