An Orange County activist behind New York's new adoption rights bill is one of the first adoptees in the state to get her original birth certificate under the new law. Annette O'Connell, of Highland ...
NEW YORK - A new law took effect this year allowing adopted adults access to their original pre-adoption birth certificates for the first time. Some, like Patricia Wilson, say after filing requests in ...
Since a new law took effect in August, the Louisiana Vital Records Registry has processed more than 500 requests for original birth certificates from adults who were adopted as children. With access ...