Once a child is adopted from foster care, it’s as if they are reborn in the eyes of many child welfare agencies. In required data reports to the federal government, these agencies remove evidence that ...

COLUMBUS (AP) -- Thousands of Ohio adoptees are about to take advantage of a law giving them access to their adoption files and birth certificates. Beginning Friday, individuals who were adopted ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A state law that went into effect just this summer is making it possible for people to access thousands of adoption records for the very first time. The information in those ...

Should adoption records be open? Several adoptees, birth parents and others offer their personal, often moving stories. To the Editor: Re “I Was Denied My Birth Story,” by Steve Inskeep (Op-Ed, March ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Adoptees born between 1941 and 1994 would be able to access their birth records under a bill passed by the Indiana Senate. The bill approved on a 43-5 vote Thursday would reverse a ...

Illinois lawmakers are moving to ensure families adopting children from the state’s foster care system receive complete ...

Old adoption records housed at a state agency in St. Paul soon could become a more important resource for people researching their family histories. Minnesota is making plans to digitize about 5 ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A newly published audit focusing on Richmond's Department of Social Services (RDSS) is shedding light on the agency's adoption program. According to the report by the office of city ...