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Sealed Adoption Records in Historical Perspective

Sealed Adoption Records in Historical Perspective COMMENTARY Sealed Adoption Records in Historical Perspective E. Wayne Carp, PhD Presenting a brief historical background to their informative article, “Adopted Persons’ Search for and Contact with Their Birth Parents I: Who Searches and Why?” (Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 4[3] 2001: 5-37), Ulrich Müller and Barbara Perry state that “By 1950, beginning with Min- nesota in 1917, most states in the U.S. had passed laws denying adopted persons access to identifying information about their birth parents and birth parents access to information about their biological child once he or she was placed for adoption.” This opening statement, however, is based on two secondary sources, not primary source research. More re- cent research (Carp, 1998) suggests a much different picture of the past that better explains the quandary the adoption triad finds itself in today and is much more useful to present day adoption practitioners and educa- tors. Two fundamental problems undermine the argument that states passed laws to deny adopted persons and birth parents access to their adoption records, be they court records, agency records, or birth certificates. The first and most important is that before 1950, law makers and social workers stated explicitly that the goal of sealed adoption http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adoption Quarterly Taylor & Francis

Sealed Adoption Records in Historical Perspective

Carp, E. Wayne
Adoption Quarterly , Volume 5 (2): 4 – Dec 1, 2001
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Sealed Adoption Records in Historical Perspective

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COMMENTARY Sealed Adoption Records in Historical Perspective E. Wayne Carp, PhD Presenting a brief historical background to their informative article, “Adopted Persons’ Search for and Contact with Their Birth Parents I: Who Searches and Why?” (Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 4[3] 2001: 5-37), Ulrich Müller and Barbara Perry state that “By 1950, beginning with Min- nesota in 1917, most states in the U.S. had passed laws denying adopted persons access to identifying...
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COMMENTARY Sealed Adoption Records in Historical Perspective E. Wayne Carp, PhD Presenting a brief historical background to their informative article, “Adopted Persons’ Search for and Contact with Their Birth Parents I: Who Searches and Why?” (Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 4[3] 2001: 5-37), Ulrich Müller and Barbara Perry state that “By 1950, beginning with Min- nesota in 1917, most states in the U.S. had passed laws denying adopted persons access to identifying information about their birth parents and birth parents access to information about their biological child once he or she was placed for adoption.” This opening statement, however, is based on two secondary sources, not primary source research. More re- cent research (Carp, 1998) suggests a much different picture of the past that better explains the quandary the adoption triad finds itself in today and is much more useful to present day adoption practitioners and educa- tors. Two fundamental problems undermine the argument that states passed laws to deny adopted persons and birth parents access to their adoption records, be they court records, agency records, or birth certificates. The first and most important is that before 1950, law makers and social workers stated explicitly that the goal of sealed adoption

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Published: Dec 1, 2001

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