The following teaser is from an article posted July 28, 2016 at the tapinto.net website.
NEW JERSEY – Adoptees may apply for their birth certificates and potentially learn more about their family’s demographic, medical and social/cultural histories, as part of the second phase of implementing New Jersey’s new adoption law.
The Department of Health has made forms available, and applications are now being accepted. Records will start being released January 1, 2017. The FAQs, application and instructions can be found on the Department’s website at http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/adoption/.
“The availability of these forms marks another step toward lifting the seal on thousands of records and allowing adoptees to learn more about their family makeup while maintaining the rights of biological parents who wish to remain anonymous,” Health Commissioner Cathleen Bennett said.
Those who may request copies of birth certificates are adult adoptees; direct descendants, siblings or spouses of adopted persons; adoptive parents, legal guardians or other legal representatives of adopted persons; or state or federal government agencies for official purposes.
