(CN) - A 51-year-old alcoholic with a "hole in her soul" cannot find out who her birth parents are to help soothe her anxiety, depression and substance abuse, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. When a ...

LANSING — State auditors will get access to the confidential adoption records they seek for their review of child placement programs, the Court of Claims ruled Thursday, a decision that should allow ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A state law that went into effect just this summer is making it possible for people to access thousands of adoption records for the very first time. The information in those ...

Once a child is adopted from foster care, it’s as if they are reborn in the eyes of many child welfare agencies. In required data reports to the federal government, these agencies remove evidence that ...

When state Rep. Charles Owen went searching for his birth certificate last year, he hit a frustrating dead end: under Louisiana law, adoption records are under seal, available only through a court ...

Old adoption records housed at a state agency in St. Paul soon could become a more important resource for people researching their family histories. Minnesota is making plans to digitize about 5 ...