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Originally Posted By Jamie

Hi! I was adopted almost 30 years ago in New Jersey. I am currently living in Arizona and have decidied to start searching for my biological family. The information I can obtain from the internet indicates NJ laws have records sealed, and make no special provisions (ie intermediaries etc). I was born 10-30-70 in New Brunswick NJ. I'm female & the mother of two. Please anyone who can help give me information...you will be my angel. Thanks for your time!

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Originally Posted By Michelle L. Fiocco

Hi my name is Michelle. I am having the same problem with NJ. The only way to open them is with a judges consent ( court order) I am 26 yrs old and found out today that I was adopted. How old were you and how did you feel when you found out. I feel an emptiness, I cant explain.

Thanks,
Michelle

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Originally Posted By michellelfiocco@hotmail.com

If any one has anyinfo please write me.

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Originally Posted By Christine

Hi,

I was adopted in NJ forty years ago. I have not been able to get the info. either. Has anyone contacted you with suggestions for how to get information that has been sealed?

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Originally Posted By Donna

i am going thru the same thing rite now....i still live in NJ and i just recently petioned the courts and they denied me but they did grant me a 3RD party to get my records and complete the search....the search is done now and we have to go back to the judge to see if she will now give me my info..you have to do this and stress you want it for medical reasons only otherwise they will tell you no and thats it....good luck....i am hoping that she grants me permission to see who i am now........

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Originally Posted By SUSAN

HELLO MY NAME IS SUE I WAS BORN IN N,J ALSO. I AM ALSO 30 YEARS OLD.I HAVE THE NAME OF MY BIRTH MOTHER AT LEAST.BUT I CAN FIND HER AT ALL.CONTACT THE STATE AGIAN AS ABOUT REGESTRY ,IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR YOU.THEY WILL FIND YOU

[HMet]

Unfortunately in the State of New Jersey once the records are sealed.......it's a done deal. The only possible way to have access to your sealed record is for extreme medical reasons. I petitioned the court and was denied. If I had been born before 1940 I would have access to the records as the laws had not been enacted until 1941 (I think) Sealed records in NJ cannot be opened for 99 years from the date of birth of the record holder weather they are alive or dead. Also unfortunately is the fact that even if you should happen to find your birth parents in the meantime, even with their consent the sealed records cannot be opened.
I feel your pain.........I have it myself. It infurates me that I have no rights to my own history. Choices were made for me to conceal my birth parents. They made a mistake and cleared it up by adopting me out.........they went on with their lives with their mistake cleared up for them and left me with the consequences.
All people like us can do is lobby strongly for our rights in the NJ Legislature........sign every petition you can for Adoptee's rights.

[LONELYHEART]

MY NAME IS ROBIN, I WAS ALSO BORN IN NJ. JERSEY CITY, HUD SON COUNTY. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO OPEN UP YOUR ADOPTION RECORDS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE JUDGE AND TELL HIM WHY YOU WANT THEM OPENED. OF A MATTER OF FACT, I JUST SENT MY LETTER OUT TO THE JUDGE TO DAY. YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET A HOLD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEATH AND SENIOR SERVICES FOR MORE INFO. OR YOU COULD GO TO WWW.STATE.NJ.US/HEALTH FOR SOME INFO. THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE DONE PLUS SOME. IV BEEN SEARCHING FOR 4 YEARS NOW. I HOPR THAT THIS INFO HAS HELPED SOME. ROBIN

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Hi! My name is Beverly and I was born in New Brunswick, N.J. in1950 and I've been going through the same thing. They say the only way you can get the records unsealed is if you have a life threatening Illness. By the time they unseal them it might be to late anyway. I called the Trenton Adoption Registery and they do a free search. She didn,t even think she would find the records for my brothers, because it has been about 47 years, but she did and she knows there adopted names but she won't give them to me. Anyway she said she sent letters and checked motor vechicles in New Jersey, and got know reply on the letters and said neither one of them have a license in New Jersey. They don't spend much time on it either, but it's worth the try. I found my one aunt . I was looking for my father and my grandfather has the same name and my grandfather is deceased, so I got the obituary hoping family would be listed in it, but it wasn't, so I got a copy of the will and that's how I found my Aunt. She told me my father died and I have to brothers but she doesn't know where they are and she doesn't know where my mother is either. I'm not giving up! I don' t think it's right for the State to keep our birth rights sealed.we should have the right to know our family and decide between us if we want to have contact. Good Luck!

[grandma-50]

Hi! My name is Beverly and I was born in New Brunswick, N.J. in1950 and I've been going through the same thing. They say the only way you can get the records unsealed is if you have a life threatening Illness. By the time they unseal them it might be to late anyway. I called the Trenton Adoption Registery and they do a free search. She didn,t even think she would find the records for my brothers, because it has been about 47 years, but she did and she knows there adopted names but she won't give them to me. Anyway she said she sent letters and checked motor vechicles in New Jersey, and got know reply on the letters and said neither one of them have a license in New Jersey. They don't spend much time on it either, but it's worth the try. I found my one aunt . I was looking for my father and my grandfather has the same name and my grandfather is deceased, so I got the obituary hoping family would be listed in it, but it wasn't, so I got a copy of the will and that's how I found my Aunt. She told me my father died and I have to brothers but she doesn't know where they are and she doesn't know where my mother is either. I'm not giving up! I don' t think it's right for the State to keep our birth rights sealed.we should have the right to know our family and decide between us if we want to have contact. Good Luck!

[CASPI54]

I WAS BORN IN PATTERSON, PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY IN 1954. I'M JUST STARTING MY SEARCH. IT'S SCARING ME JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL THE DEADENDS I'M READING ABOUT. I'M A 48 YR OLD WOMAN WITH 3 CHILDREN AND 4 GRANDCHILDREN. MY DAUGHTER AND 2 OF MY GRANDCHILDREN HAVE MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND MY ADOPTIVE MOM WON'T GIVE ANY INFO TO HELP ME FIND OUT MY MEDICAL BACKGROUND. I HAVE HAD MEDICAL PROBLEMS ALSO AND CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW A PERSON CAN BE KEPT FROM KNOWING WHATS IN THEIR GENES ETC. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

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There seems to be some progress being made with New Jersey Legislation. We should find out within a week or so if this bill will be voted on this year. If so, we need everyone to write their representatives and voice their opinions - we need support to get this bill through.

Elaine

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Originally posted by Archive
Originally Posted By michellelfiocco@hotmail.com

If any one has anyinfo please write me.

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This is for Christine who was born in N.J. 40 or so years ago , I am looking for a friends daughter who was born 2-26-61 in Jersey City, N.J., her name at birth Robin Catania-Welz...Pat

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Hi! I was also adopted through the Bergen County Courts. I contacted my adoption agency about 4 years ago and they told me that amending sealed records were going in front of legislation. I have not inquired since but in process. Maybe if you know any info on your adotion ie agency contact them. I was born in 1960. Trying to find out medical abckground. good luck!