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Hope Cottage solicited me to buy their internal “search.” They then told me that my birth mother had refused to talk to them, apparently from pressure from a male she was living with.
The “non-identifying” information they gave me almost 40 years ago is false, according to genetic analysis. Is there anything I can do about their fraud?
Hello,
I am an adoptive parent, our adoption is not yet finalized and I am trying to obtain her OBC for her own records, for her birth family, and so that we can proceed with baptising her (for some reason our church is not accepting our ‘cetificst of posssssion’). Our daughter was born in Texas and we reside in Texas. We are in an open adoption, however our Texas adoption agency is telling us that her OBC is ‘sealed with the state’ and cannot be accessed. Is this true? Is there a way that I can obtain this for her?
Thank you for your time.
If a Texas adoptee knows the identity of ONE of the birth parents, are they able to obtain their original birth certificate? Or do they have to know both parents identities?
I am not an adoptee or adoptive parent. I just think it is a god given right to know who your biological parents, grandparents, possible siblings and cousins are. For medical reasons or just peace of mind, the not knowing can cause great stress in their lives. However, my husband wonders will having access to one’s sealed record change the biological parents responsibility as far as when they die for inheritance for example or for child support. I think things like that should be addressed in the bill. It seems to me technically a biological parent would have no rights for those things.