COLUMBUS, Ohio – Thousands of Ohio adoptees are about to take advantage of a law giving them access to their adoption files and birth certificates. Beginning Friday, individuals who were adopted ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Birth certificates and adoption records can no longer be used by public-aid applicants to prove they are legally in the U.S. following a spike in “seemingly ...

The Open Adoption Families forum at adoptivefamilies.com has a discussion about getting an original birth certificate before finalizing a domestic adoption seals the file. (After adoption is final, ...

DENVER - The state Revenue Department director has ordered public benefits offices not to accept birth certificates or adoption certificates as proof of citizenship or legal residence in the U.S., ...

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 ...