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Sealed birth records in name change situations? #113577 06/17/02 02:12 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1 Sweden OceanWolf OP Newbie
OP OceanWolf Newbie Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1 Sweden	I really have an issue with not being able to get my original birth certificate. My original records were 'sealed' when my mother remarried and my step-father legally adopted my brother and me. I was 6 or 7 and my brother was 13 or 14. It is absolutely ridiculous that I cannot get my records!!! Or...is there a way that I'm not aware of? Katie-Anne Gutafsson Author of "Writing Prompts for Fiction Writers" http://www.lulu.com/oceanwolfstudios

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Re: Sealed birth records in name change situations? #113578 06/21/02 10:45 PM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 127 Trinidad and Tobago diannedashanta Jellyfish
diannedashanta Jellyfish Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 127 Trinidad and Tobago	I have no idea, Rowena. Won't your mother help you out? She must have your original birth certificate. Joanne Dianne Dashanta

Re: Sealed birth records in name change situations? #113579 06/23/02 01:19 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1 Sweden OceanWolf OP Newbie
OP OceanWolf Newbie Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1 Sweden	My mother has been deceased for over thirty years. The only family member I have left is my brother. He has his original birth certificate. Katie-Anne Gutafsson Author of "Writing Prompts for Fiction Writers" http://www.lulu.com/oceanwolfstudios

Re: Sealed birth records in name change situations? #113580 07/07/02 11:11 PM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 67 Victoria, Australia Sera Amoeba
Sera Amoeba Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 67 Victoria, Australia	I don't know. How about the attorney who filed the paperwork? Is he/she still living and in practice? Karen Ledbetter Adoption Host Adoption At BellaOnline adoption@bellaonline.com

Re: Sealed birth records in name change situations? #113581 07/07/02 11:50 PM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 67 Victoria, Australia Sera Amoeba
Sera Amoeba Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 67 Victoria, Australia	Rowena, Perhaps you'll find something to help you here: http://www.adoptionlaws.org/access.asp Karen Adoption Host

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