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  2. Sealed birth records - Wikipedia

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    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 adoptee to be the child ...

  3. Vital record - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, vital records are typically maintained at both the county [1] and state levels. [2] In the United Kingdom and numerous other countries vital records are recorded in the civil registry. In the United States, vital records are public and in most cases can be viewed by anyone in person at the governmental authority. [3]

  4. Adoptee rights - Wikipedia

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    Adoptee rights are the legal and social rights of adopted people relating to their adoption and identity. These rights frequently center on access to information which is kept sealed within closed adoptions, but also include issues relating to intercultural or international adoption, interracial adoption, and coercion of birthparents.

  5. Wake’s Animal Center is changing its pet surrender policy ...

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    Wake County’s animal shelter has been over capacity for the past two years, often issuing public pleas for adoptions to avoid euthanizing adoptable pets. The center closed for eight weeks to ...

  6. Adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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. In those cases, the child is unable to ...

  7. Birth certificate - Wikipedia

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    A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a person.The term "birth certificate" can refer to either the original document certifying the circumstances of the birth or to a certified copy of or representation of the ensuing registration of that birth.