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Easily Search Adoption Records Online! |
| Alabama Adoption Records |
| Alabama Adoption Records- Listed below is contact information and/or links to websites containing resources to help in a search for Alabama adoption records. |
| The Department of Health Services NEW BIRTH CERTIFICATES AFTER ADOPTION OR OTHER LEGAL ACTION: Alabama law directs the State Registrar to establish a new birth certificate after an adoption, legitimation or paternity determination takes place. The new birth certificate is substituted for the original birth certificate in the files, and the original birth certificate and evidence of adoption, legitimation or paternity determination are placed in a "sealed file." ORIGINAL BIRTH INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ADOPTEE: In 2000, the Alabama legislature amended the vital records law to allow an adult adoptee or other person whose original birth certificate was placed in a "sealed file" to obtain a non-certified copy of that record and any other documents in the "sealed file." PARENTS CAN STATE THEIR PREFERENCE FOR CONTACT: The 2000 revision to the vital records law also allows a birth parent to place information in the "sealed file" of the child who was adopted. The birth parent may state his/her wishes regarding being contacted and may provide medical history information. For more information: |