[thesearchguru]

Welcome to the Search and Reunion Message Board!

NOTE: The State of Arizona has a Confidential Intermediary Search Program that will locate and contact birth relatives!

Using a Confidential Intermediary:
The following parties may use the services of a confidential intermediary:
Birth siblings age 21 or older; adoptive parents or legal guardians of adopted adults age 18 or older; adopted adults age 18 or older; the immediate, adult relatives (age 21 or older) of a deceased adopted adult; birth parents; or birth grandparents if birth parents are deceased. A confidential intermediary must obtain written consent from both parties before releasing information. Adoptive parents may file an affidavit that prohibits the confidential intermediary from contacting the adopted adult unless the adoptive parents remove the affidavit or the adopted adult files an affidavit stating that he or she knows he or she is adopted and wishes to make contact with the birth parents. Birth parents can file an affidavit prohibiting contact with birth siblings. It is important to note that the Confidential Intermediary program can only take cases finalized in Arizona. If an adoptee was born in Arizona but adopted in a different state the Arizona C.I. program is not available to those persons.

Contact the adoption agency that handled the adoption or the office below:

Arizona Confidential Intermediary Program
Arizona Supreme Court
1501 W. Washington
Phoenix AZ 85007
(602) 364-0357 TDD (602) 542-9545

This website link has the search application and a list of intermediaries:
Welcome to the Confidential Intermediary Program for Adoption Search

OTHER ARIZONA RESOURCES:

For questions about access to adoption related information and records:
Arizona Department of Economic Security
Children, Youth & Families Division
PO Box 6123, Site Code 940A
Phoenix, AZ 85005
(602) 542-5499
Fax: (602) 542-3330


Obtaining Non-Identifying Information: Non-identifying information is available to adoptive parents or a child's guardian, adopted adults age 18 or older, an adopted adult's spouse, birth parents, birth siblings, and-if an adopted adult is deceased-his or her adult children (age 18 or older). Contact the adoption agency that facilitated the adoption.

Obtaining Identifying Information: An adopted adult age 21 or older or a birth parent can provide a notarized statement granting consent or withholding consent to the release of information. If consent is given, then the information will be given to the requesting party. Any party may try to obtain identifying information by petitioning the court for compelling need.


Providing Information: Supplemental information may be placed in the file by any of the following parties: birth parents, adopted adult, adoptive parents, or family of the adopted adult.

Obtaining an Original Birth Certificate: An adoptee must petition the court in which the adoption was finalized. Contact: The Arizona Supreme Court.



Other great websites to check out:
Adoption.com Forums
Adoption.com - Information on International, Domestic, Child & Agency Adoptions, Stories, Laws -
Adopting - Adopt a Baby, Child, Infants, Kids, Older, Services, International, Information China -
Adoption Registry - Records, Reunion Registries, Adoptees, Search Reunite

[joan1be]

Hi, on arizona search and support group we have a database/
Please come check it out.

Arizona laws have changed. Find out about the legal waivers.
Come learn about the new laws that can help you find.

Learn where to go to find the legal notices.

Joan

[RileyLvlnd]

I,m a female adoptee searching for family members.My name given at birth was Tonya Mechelle Wehrli.I was born in Flaggstaff Az,on FEB-06-71.I was a premi.adopted at three wks old.I was told I have three older sisters,different father.Would like to find all of you.Was also told that one sister poss.w/epilepsy...Dont really have any other info.

[joan1be]

Originally Posted by RileyLvlnd

I,m a female adoptee searching for family members.My name given at birth was Tonya Mechelle Wehrli.I was born in Flaggstaff Az,on FEB-06-71.I was a premi.adopted at three wks old.I was told I have three older sisters,different father.Would like to find all of you.Was also told that one sister poss.w/epilepsy...Dont really have any other info.

Hi, you need to sign up with the state. Sign the waivers too. Also check on registry.adoption.com
and ISRR

Joan