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this information has been posted before but is either lost in a non-related thread or listed with out a link. I have seen people search for years without knowing how simple it could have been. Good luck!
[url=http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/9606/states/CAopen.html]Tina's California Open Adoption Counties[/url]
If your Final adoption Decree (not the county where you were born, if different), was filed in one of the following counties, one or both of your a-parents can request a copy of the complete contents of your file, housed at the courthouse. This is identifying information.
These counties recognize the a-parents "as parties to the adoption", and therefore will allow an a-parents to view, or request by mail, all identifying information on file, of the original family, of their adopted child.
This does not apply to an adoptee born in an open county and adopted in a closed county. The Final Adoption Decree must have been filed in one of the following counties
the open counties are:
Alameda County
Contra Costa
Glenn County
Marin County
Napa County ??
Orange County
Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz County
Shasta County
Sonoma County ??
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FYI: My husband was adopted in one of these so called "open counties." His a-mom followed procedure exactly as described and was denied access both by the clerk and supervisor. Their words were, "I don't know where you got your information but this information is only accessible by court order." When shown the printed page from their website that a-parents could get a copy of the file they explained that meant a copy of their part of the file, none of which has identifying information.So be prepared if you got his route that the same old door could be slammed in your face.
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