[rampartranger]

Hi. I'm posting this for my neighbor who has limited computer access. She is searching information about the possibility of locating her birth mother in order to assess congenital health risks. She is about 40 years old and was adopted in a closed adoption in the state of Minnesota.

She was told that in order to locate and contact her birth family (about which she has absolutely no information), she must instigate costly and complicated litigation.

I am helping her assess her options. The only information she has is her date and county of birth, and the adoption agency through which the adoption occurred. Her adoptive parents have no further information than this.

Can anyone assist?

Thank you very much. She has some serious health concerns.

Regards,

Jeff Plissner

[blankenb4]

Hi Jeff,

Has she tried going to the agency which handled the adoption. Also she may want to register with the ISRR at www.isrr.net .
It may also help to post on some of the web sites her date of birth and city and state of birth. If anyone is looking for her it would make it easy to spot.

Best wishes in her search,

Barbara

[rampartranger]

Hi Barbara,

Thanks for the swift response! My neighbor has told me she understood that in a closed adoption, the adoption agency would not...cannot give her ANY information regarding her adoption. If this is not the case, I will apprise her to contact this agency. I don't know whether she ever has.

Jeff

[blankenb4]

Jeff,

I hope that this helps:

This is from the Search Guru:

Minnesota Searching Resources
Welcome to the Search and Reunion Message Board!

Note: The State of Minnesota has a “Confidential Intermediary” search program that will locate and contact birth relatives. See Requesting Identifying Information and Requesting an Original Birth Certificate below:

Requesting Identifying Information: Identifying information is provided on the original birth certificate, which is released according to the provisions below.

Requesting an Original Birth Certificate: An adopted adult can request a copy of the original birth certificate. At this time the Commissioner of Human Services will attempt to locate the birth parents to obtain consent to release the original birth certificate. If each birth parent is located and consents are given, the original birth certificate will be released. If there is no reply or contact with the birth parents, for adopted adults adopted before August 1, 1977, the adopted adult must petition the court for release of the original birth certificate. If the adoption was finalized on or after August 1, 1977, then the original birth certificate will be released to the adopted adult if the birth parents have not filed an access veto.


For adoption related information and records in Minnesota:
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Children's Services
444 Lafayette Road North, Human Services Building
St. Paul, MN 55155-3831
(651) 296-3740
Fax: (651) 297-1949

Requesting Non-Identifying Information: Adoptive parents and adopted adults may obtain non-identifying information.

Sealed Adoption Records: Adoption records are confidential for 100 years at which time they become public record.

Many blessings on your search journey,
Colleen Buckner, THE SEARCH GURU
Moderator for Search and Reunion Message Board
Email: thesearchguru@yahoo.com
http://www.therighttoknow.info


Other great websites to check out:
http://www.adoptionchat.com
http://www.adoptionlists.com
http://www.adoption.com
http://www.adopting.org
http://registry.adoption.com/