Collins, Clayton,
N.H. Adoptees Gain Access to Records. Clayton Collins. - Christian Science Monitor, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 10, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: N.H. Adoptees Gain Access to Records, Jan. 13, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Just $12 and 20 minutes in a government office gave Sara LaCroix the pieces of her life that had been missing during the nearly four decades since she was given up for adoption. Ms. LaCroix, of Kennebunk, Maine, drove to New Hampshire's capital...to take advantage of a state law, which was passed in May [2004] and took effect Jan. 1 [2005], that allows adults adopted as children in New Hampshire to obtain access to their original birth certificates--and so to the names of their birth mothers and, occasionally, fathers." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses New Hampshire's open-adoption policy and examines the debate over it.
1522-3213;
Adoption
Adoption--Law and legislation
Birth certificates
Birthmothers
Birthparents--Identification
Open adoption
Public records--Access control
Public records--Law and legislation
New Hampshire
AC1.S5
050
N.H. Adoptees Gain Access to Records. Clayton Collins. - Christian Science Monitor, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 10, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: N.H. Adoptees Gain Access to Records, Jan. 13, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Just $12 and 20 minutes in a government office gave Sara LaCroix the pieces of her life that had been missing during the nearly four decades since she was given up for adoption. Ms. LaCroix, of Kennebunk, Maine, drove to New Hampshire's capital...to take advantage of a state law, which was passed in May [2004] and took effect Jan. 1 [2005], that allows adults adopted as children in New Hampshire to obtain access to their original birth certificates--and so to the names of their birth mothers and, occasionally, fathers." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses New Hampshire's open-adoption policy and examines the debate over it.
1522-3213;
Adoption
Adoption--Law and legislation
Birth certificates
Birthmothers
Birthparents--Identification
Open adoption
Public records--Access control
Public records--Law and legislation
New Hampshire
AC1.S5
050