Can adoptees get access to their adoption records at Family Court?
Adult adoptees can only access their Family Court records if there is “good cause” fro breaking the seal of confidentiality. Good cause may be found for compelling health issues that require historical information contained in the record. Knowing the identity of one’s birth parent is not “good cause”. However, if both the birth parent and the adult adoptee enroll in the Passive Voluntary Adoption Mutual Consent Registry at the Family Court, their identities can be revealed to each other.
