| 9200. (a) | The petition, relinquishment or consent, agreement, order, report to
the court from any investigating agency, and any power of attorney and deposition filed
in the office of the county clerk pursuant to this part is not open to inspection by any
person other than the parties to the proceeding and their attorneys and the
department, except upon the written authority of the judge of the superior court. A judge
of the superior court may not authorize anyone to inspect the petition, relinquishment or
consent, agreement, order, report to the court from any investigating agency, or power of
attorney or deposition or any portion of any of these documents, except in exceptional
circumstances and for good cause approching the necessitous. The petitioner may be required to pay the expenses for preparing the copies of the documents to be inspected. |
| If there is a question about who the parties to the proceeding are, here is the definition of that too. (Include this with your copy of the above code.) | |
| 8611. | All court hearings in an adoption proceeding shall be held in private, and the court shall exclude all persons except the officers of the court, the parties, their witnesses, counsel and representatives of the agencies present to perform their offical duties under the law governing adoptions. |
| Non-identifying information, as well as letters, photographs or other items of personal property in the possession of the agency are to be released to the person for whom they were intended after the adoptee turns eighteen, provided that there is a written consent to the release of the personal items. |
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Please be aware that Non-identifying information means exactly what it says.
This information will contain NO "ID" data that can direclty lead to the person
you are seeking, but in addition to much sought after medical info, the non-id
will almost always contain two essential facts of paramount signficance to the investigator.
One, where the parents were from, (where born), and two, their ages at the time of the
adoption. Note: Be aware that it is illegal for any state or gov employee to release "identifying information except where stated elsewhere on these pages. Don't make the mistake of thinking you can easily slip the social worker $50 and magic doors will open for you. You can be sued, and they can and will loose their job if discovered. It happens. Having said that, we have encountered a few birth parents, (especially birth mother's) whom we have located for an adoptee, but who were not so happy at being found, thinking we have done something illegal to find them, and threatened to sue us for having done so. We do not use illegal measures in our adoption searches, but if an unlocked back door exists, we will walk through it. |
| In the case of adoptions occurring before 1984, contact between an adoptee and birth parent may be arranged if the adoptee, birth parents and adoptive parents have filed waivers of confidentiality with the Department or agency. The Department or agency is prohibited from soliciting such waiver. |
| In the case of adoptions occurring after 1984, adoptees may receive identifying information about their birth parents (including the most current known address) at the age of 21 if the Department of Social Services or a licensed adoption agency has received an affidavit from the birth parent authorizing such disclosure. |
| Identifying information is available to adoptive parents any time the Department or agency determines that "medical necessity or other extraordinary circumstances justify the disclosure." |
| In the case of adoptions occurring after January 1, 1984, birth parents may receive information regarding the status of their child any time after the adoption, except identifying information respecting the adoptive family. |
| Identifying information regarding the adoptee may be disclosed if the adoptee is over 21 and has filed a consent to such disclosure. |
| Biological siblings may be "matched" with an adoptee who is over 21 if waivers of confidentiality are filed. The birth parent must consent to release of identifying information if the sibling lived with the birth parent until he or she reached 18. For further registry information, contact: |
| Department of Social Services, Adoptions Branch 744 P Street, M.S. 19/68 Sacramento, California 97814 Telephone: (916) 322-5973. |
| Cal. Civ. Code 224o; 227b, 224v, 230.6 - 230.8. |
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| Click here for Contact Info on: California County Recorders Offices |
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| Deaths-$9.00 | Deaths from July 1 1905 | ||
| Marriages-$13.00 | Marriage from July 1 1905 | ||
| Births-$13.00 | Births from July 1 1905 | ||
| Divorces-$13.00 | Divorce from Jan, 1962 | ||
| An additional fee is charged for each 10 years
searched. One certified copy or certification of "no record" is included in fee. Processing time is 8-10 weeks. Use a credit card and add $5.00 but cut the processing time in half. Call VRS for the appropriate forms that must be filled out. | |||
| Department of Social Services Adoption System Unit 744 P Street, M.S. 19-31 Sacramento, CA 95814 916-322- 3778 | |
| County of Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services Adoptions Division 695 S. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90005 213-739-6262 Gen. Info: 213-738-4798 |
San Diego County Department of Social Services - Adoptions 5454 Ruffin Road San Diego, CA 92123-9788 619-495-5426 |
County
of Los Angeles
Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces
| Crittenton Center for Young Women and Infants
234 East Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90031 | St. Anne's Maternity Home - Long Beach
1027 Linden Avenue Long Beach, CA 90813 | St. Anne's Maternity Home - Los Angeles
155 N. Occidental Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 |
| St. Anne's Maternity Home - Pomona
P. O. Box 303 Pomona, CA 91769 | Salvation Army - Los Angeles
Booth Memorial Hospital 2670 Griffin Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90031 | This last one's a guess: Big Sisters Los Angeles/Wilshire Blvd. 6022 Wilshire Blvd., #202 Los Angeles, CA 90036 |