Example of Washingto Red Tape...

[font=Century Gothic]I was surfing the web tonight and went to the DSHS site and the following is what I found:[/font][font=Century Gothic]NON-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION[/font][font=Century Gothic]To obtain non-identifying information for children adopted through DSHS, a written request must be submitted to:[/font][font=Century Gothic]Adoption Archives[/font][font=Century Gothic]Date of birth and adoptive name[/font][font=Century Gothic]Name of adoptive parents[/font][font=Century Gothic]Return mailing address[/font][font=Century Gothic]Now seems to me, if we had the name of the adoptive parents, and the adoptive name of our child, we could find them on our own.[/font][font=Century Gothic]Can we birth families say ...DUH... or Intelligence+ Government Officals= Oxi-Moron x Red Tape.[/font][font=Century Gothic]Oh forgot was laughing so hard:[/font][font=Century Gothic]Birth Mother searching for..Daughter, Connie Rae Mika, born 08/26/1979 and Son, William Leon Mika, born 09/30/1977 in Honolulu, Hawaii but adopted through Washington state ( see my Journal for part of the story)[/font][font=Century Gothic]Rosie[/font]