Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adult adoptees have spoken about their 'traumatising' experiences trying to find out basic information, ITV News Social Affairs ...

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 ...

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 ...

When state Rep. Charles Owen went searching for his birth certificate last year, he hit a frustrating dead end: under Louisiana law, adoption records are under seal, available only through a court ...

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 ...

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 ...