[or-roots] adoption research

[Faye Weber]

It is my understanding that adult Oregon adoptees(21 years) now have the
right to request and receive a copy of their original birth certificate.
Their files might be obtained by filing a request for it with the
appropriate agency or Vital Stats.  They are then placed on a waiting list.

Adoptee Birth Certificates Opened
Ballot Measure 58, requiring issuing copy of original Oregon birth
certificate to adopted persons, was proposed by initiative petition and was
approved by the voters at the regular general election on November 3, 1998.
This act became law December 3, 1998. The adopted person must be 21 years of
age or older and be born in the State of Oregon.

Faye Weber(Amom)

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From: "SAWYER Layne G" <Layne.G.Sawyer at state.or.us>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 2:23 PM
Subject: [or-roots] adoption research


> Dear rooters,
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> I believe somebody may have already posted this link for the previous
inquiry
> about access to adoption records but just in case here it is again.
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> http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/adoption.html
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> If you read through the entire page you will see there are two different
types
> of records that adoption researchers maybe looking for.  The actual
adoption
> records which document the "legal" portion of the adoption process.  These
> records are not open and are available only by court order. They may
include
> actual court records and records created by a private adoption agency or a
> state agency.
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> In 1998 a ballot measure was passed which did allow adoptees over the age
21
> access to their original birth records. These records had previously been
> sealed.  These original birth records are accessed through the Center for
> Health Statistics (vital records).   When a child is adopted the original
> birth record created at the time of birth is sealed and a new birth record
> with the adoptive parents listed as the parents replaces the "original".
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> Hope this is helpful.
>
> Regards,
>
> Layne Sawyer
> "List Mom"
> Oregon State Archives
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