N.H. Adoptees Gain Access to Records. Clayton Collins.
by Collins, Clayton; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 10Family. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2005ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Adoption | Adoption -- Law and legislation | Birth certificates | Birthmothers | Birthparents -- Identification | New Hampshire | Open adoption | Public records -- Access control | Public records -- Law and legislationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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.
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