Adult Adoptee Data

• Purpose: To comply with state law amendments, passed in July 2011, that allow adult adoptees to receive copies of their original birth certificates starting in July 2012.
• Key Information: Number of original birth certificates released to adult adoptees; number of contact preference forms filed by birth parents of adopted children; birth parent contact preferences
• Collection Period: 2011 to present

Rhode Island Numbers

• Number of Original Birth Certificates released: 759
• Number of Contact Preference Forms received: 20
• Number of birth parents who would:
  • Like to be contacted: 10
  • Like to be contacted through an intermediary: 0
  • Not like to be contacted: 10

Data updated January 22, 2013

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Source: Office of Vital Records, Rhode Island Department of Health