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States With Open Adoption Records
States With Open Adoption Records
States With Open Adoption Records
There are several states that have open adoption records. In these states, an adult adoptee can get an original birth certificate and in some instances more adoption record information.
If you are an adoptee looking for your birth parents in an open adoption records state, please request your open adoption records. However, when you obtain your original birth records, your search might still be difficult. Having information such as your birth mother’s maiden name and perhaps her old address is a great start, but you will still need to get her current name and address information. Your birth mother might have changed her name several times, or she might not live in the state where you were adopted.
If you need help with your search, please contact OmniTrace!
Here is a list of states where adoption records for all or some years are open. In some states, birth parents can sign a no-contact veto:
- Alabama – Adoption records are open. OmniTrace has the necessary forms you will need to open your records.
- Alaska – Adoption records are open. OmniTrace has the necessary forms you will need to open your records.
- Colorado – Adoptions records are open for adoptees whose adoptions were finalized between 07/01/1951 to 06/30/1976 and 09/01/1999 to present.
- Delaware – Adoption records are open. Birth parents can sign a no contact veto. OmniTrace has the necessary forms you will need to open your records.
- Illinois – Adoption records prior to 01/01/1946 are open.
- Indiana – Adoption records prior to 1940 may be open. OmniTrace is currently investigating how to request the original birth certificate.
- Iowa – Adoption records are open prior to 07/01/1941
- Kansas – Adoption records are open. OmniTrace has the necessary forms you will need to open your records.
- Maine – Adoption records will be open beginning in 2009. OmniTrace will obtain the necessary forms you will need to open your records.
- Maryland – Most adoption records prior to 06/01/1947 are open.
- Massachusetts – Adoption records are open for birth years prior to 4/14/1974. OmniTrace has the necessary forms you will need to open your records.
- Michigan – Adoption records are open if the birth parent’s rights were terminated prior to 05/28/1955 or on or after 09/12/1980.
- Montana – Adoption records are open for adoptions finalized prior to 2/2/1964. OmniTrace has the necessary forms you will need to open your records.
- New Hampshire – Adoption records are open. OmniTrace has the necessary forms you will need to open your records.
- New Jersey – Adoption records prior to 1940 may be open. OmniTrace is currently investigating how to request the original birth certificate.
- Ohio – Adoption records are open for adoptions finalized prior to 1/1/1964. OmniTrace has the necessary forms you will need to open your records.
- Oregon – Adoption records are open. OmniTrace has the necessary forms you will need to open your records.
- Tennessee – Adoption records are open. No-contact vetos are available to birth parents if the adoption was finalized after 1951. OmniTrace has the necessary forms you will need to open your records.
Please note, if you were born in a state that does not have open adoption records, don’t be discouraged! 
OmniTrace has many ways to solve birth parent searches involving closed record states. In fact, some of our best states for searching are closed record states. Also, there is pending legislation in a number of states where adoption records may become open.
OmniTrace takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the above information. If anyone reads any inaccuracies with any of the information provided in this post, please let us know and we will make the appropriate changes. Thanks so much!
Please write or call us if you have any questions about obtaining your open adoption records.
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Correction April 8, 1969
Hi, my name is Maryann, I was born April 8, 1969 at 5:05am I just received my nonidentifying information from Guardian Angel home where I was adopted from. I am trying to locate my birth family and your information seems very similar. Please respond I have waited 43years for this opportunity.
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A couple corrections/additions to your Colorado information:
1) The 2009 Court of Appeals granted access to records for adoptions finalized from July 1, 1951 through June 30, 1967 (not 1976).
2) Also, for all time periods, records are available to mutually consenting parties, through a court order upon demonstration of “good cause,” and in the event that a sought party is deceased.
See the Adoptees in Search – Colorado Triad Connection website http://www.aisctc.org for links to forms and more details. Hope this is helpful!
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