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2. Sealed birth records - Wikipedia

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   Sealed birth records. Sealed birth records refers to the practice of sealing the original birth certificate upon adoption or legitimation, often making a copy of the record unavailable except by court order. Upon finalization of the adoption, the original birth certificate is sealed and replaced with an amended birth certificate declaring the ...

3. Adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Adoption in the United States. In the United States, adoption is the process of creating a legal parent–child relationship between a child and a parent who was not automatically recognized as the child's parent at birth. Most adoptions in the US are adoptions by a step-parent. The second most common type is a foster care adoption.

4. Putative father registry - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. In the United States of America, the putative father registry is a state level legal option for unmarried men to document through a notary public any woman they engage with in intercourse, for the purpose of retaining parental rights for any child they may father. [1][2]

5. Closed adoption - Wikipedia

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   Closed adoption (also called " confidential " adoption and sometimes " secret " adoption) is a process by which an infant is adopted by another family, and the record of the biological parent (s) is kept sealed. Often, the biological father is not recorded—even on the original birth certificate. An adoption of an older child who already knows ...

6. Open adoption - Wikipedia

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   Open adoption. Open adoption is a form of adoption in which the biological and adoptive families have access to varying degrees of each other's personal information and have an option of contact. While open adoption is a relatively new phenomenon in the west, it has been a traditional practice in many Asian societies, especially in South Asia ...

7. Bastard Nation - Wikipedia

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   Bastard Nation is a North American adult adoptee political advocacy and support organization. It was founded in 1996 by denizens of the Usenet newsgroup alt.adoption Shea Grimm, Damsel Plum, Marley Greiner and Lainie Petersen. The original intent of the organization was to support adult adoptees in gaining access to their original birth ...