The following excerpt was posted in the July 7, 2018 edition of heraldbulletin.com.
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana residents placed for adoption before Jan. 1, 1994, can now request access to their birth records from the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) due to a change in state law.
These records have been generally unavailable to adoptees until now.
Hoosiers placed for adoption before Jan. 1, 1994, who would like to access their adoption records containing information such as the names and medical histories of their birth parents, can go to the ISDH website at https://www.in.gov/isdh/27862.htm and fill out the Identifying Consent Form (Form 47896). This must be submitted to ISDH with a copy of a government-issued photo ID, like a driver’s license, military ID or passport. These documents can be scanned and emailed to ISDH’s Vital Records Division at VRAdoptionRegistry@isdh.in.gov. They also can be printed and mailed to ISDH at the following address; no in-person requests will be processed.
