Where would I obtain a copy of my adoption decree ?

Question

I was adopted in Los Angeles and my adoptive parent dose not have any records of my adoption.

Answer 1

I know this answer first hand...  I too was adopted

You need to go to the Probate court in the town that the adoption took place.

or

if you were adopted through an orphanage, our home for children's home  they may have a copy.

Answer 2

If your adoptive parents remember the agency or attorney they used to adopt you, then you can contact them to see what you can find out.

You could also contact CA's Vital Records office

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/id/365...

and see if they can produce a copy of any documents related to your adoption or birth.

If you find out you were born in a state other than CA, then contact that state's Vital Records office and see what you can dig up.

You could also see about contacting a private investigator.  Give them all the info you have and see what they can find out.

Answer 3

Well you might inquire as to where in Los angeles these kind of records would be recorded.  Unless you adoptive parents have a clue as to who the lawyer was that handled your adoption. They should have had adoptions papers , it is standard procedure.

Answer 4

Here is the address to request the info.

Contact:

California Department of Social Services

Adoption Branch

744 P Street, MS 19-31

Sacramento, CA 95814

[phone]

They can give you a copy of the adoption decree but this will not contain any identifying information for your birth parents.  It will only be a copy of the original document your parents received.

Answer 5

the clerk or records department for the county you were adopted in

Answer 6

are you an international adoptee, or were your born and adopted in california?

if you were born and adopted in CA, your adoption decree is sealed by the state. You'll have to petition the courts for your records and they usually laugh at us as they deny our petition! come on over to www.adopteerights.net and join me in a protest for open records for adoptees in New Orleans, LA 2008 and we'll get them opened one way or another!!

yes yes it indeed IS a violation of our human rights!! First parents were never promised secrecy and the courts have no reason but financial motivation to keep our records sealed. There is no social stigma good enough to keep our records sealed anymore like there was in the 40's when people judged b*****d children so harshly. We aren't in the witness protection program and we don't need our records sealed from anyone. We deserve them like everyone else, they're ours!!