Oregon

Obtaining Non-Identifying Information:
Adopted adults age 18 or older, adoptive parents, and birth parents may obtain non-identifying information. Adoptees younger than 18 must have written consent from the adoptive parents.

Obtaining Identifying Information:
Identifying information is provided through an adoption registry.

Using a Confidential Intermediary:
The following persons may use the confidential intermediary service: adopted adults or adoptive parents of a minor or deceased adopted adult, birth parents or birth siblings or the adult birth siblings of a deceased birth parent who has registered with the registry. Matches will be made through the registry.

Using the Adoption Registry:
The following persons may use the voluntary adoption registry: adopted adults age 18 or over, birth parents, birth siblings age 18 or older, and, at the discretion of the agency, adoptive parents of a deceased adopted adult, birth grandparents, or siblings of a deceased birth parent.

Contact:
Oregon State Office for Services to Children and Families
Adoption Registry
500 Summer Street, NE
2nd Floor
Salem, OR 97310-1017
(503) 945-6643
http://www.dhs.state.or.us/children/adoption/adopt_registry/index.htm

Obtaining an Original Birth Certificate:
Recently enacted legislation allows an adopted adult age 21 and older to have access to the original birth certificate. [In accordance with this recent legislation, a law has been passed allowing birth parents to file a contact preference form.]
http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/chs/certif/preadopt.htm

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Source: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. Reprinted with permission.

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