The following excerpt is from the April 9, 2014 edition of cbc.ca:
The New Brunswick government is seeking the public’s input on a proposal to open sealed adoption records, Social Development Minister Madeleine Dubé announced on Wednesday.
Under current Family Services Act, adoption records are sealed and the identities of children, birth parents and adoptive parents are protected. An adopted child and parent must both request information to allow them to make contact.
But the government is looking to make it easier for adopted children to contact their biological parents.
Both adoptee and parent groups have asked for the rules to be loosened, said Dubé.
