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This script explains adoption registries in BC. It also explains how to search for an adopted child or birth parent. Detailed information is available on the BC provincial government’s [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/ | This script explains adoption registries in BC. It also explains how to search for an adopted child or birth parent. Detailed information is available on the BC provincial government’s [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/birth-adoption/adoptions adoption website] and its [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/birth-adoption/adoptions/adoption-reunions-registries/adoption-reunion-registry adoption reunions and registries website]. Both sites are updated regularly. | ||
==Society’s attitudes toward adoption have changed over the years== | ==Society’s attitudes toward adoption have changed over the years== | ||
Many adopted people want to know about their biological parents. Many birth mothers want to know how the child they placed for adoption is doing. Many adopted people and birth parents want to meet each another. In BC, the following [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/ | Many adopted people want to know about their biological parents. Many birth mothers want to know how the child they placed for adoption is doing. Many adopted people and birth parents want to meet each another. In BC, the following [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/birth-adoption/adoptions/adoption-reunions-registries registries] help connect birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted children with each other: | ||
*Parents Registry | *Parents Registry | ||
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*Adoption Reunion Registry | *Adoption Reunion Registry | ||
==[https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/ | ==[https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/birth-adoption/adoptions/adoption-reunions-registries/birth-parents-registry Parents Registry]== | ||
Birth parents of a child placed for adoption can register to receive notice of adoption details and be involved in the adoption planning for the child. Parents can register any time before, and up to 150 days after, the birth of their child. There’s no fee to register. | Birth parents of a child placed for adoption can register to receive notice of adoption details and be involved in the adoption planning for the child. Parents can register any time before, and up to 150 days after, the birth of their child. There’s no fee to register. | ||
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An application to the Post-Adoption Openness Registry lasts until the adopted child reaches 19 years of age. Then, if no match has been made, an application can be made to the Adoption Reunion Registry, discussed later in this script. | An application to the Post-Adoption Openness Registry lasts until the adopted child reaches 19 years of age. Then, if no match has been made, an application can be made to the Adoption Reunion Registry, discussed later in this script. | ||
==[https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/ | ==[https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/birth-adoption/adoptions/adoption-reunions-registries/adoption-reunion-registry Adoption Reunion Registry]== | ||
The Adoption Reunion Registry connects adopted adults with their birth families, if the adoption took place in BC and everyone involved is 19 or over when the connection is made. The Adoption Reunion Registry operates a '''passive registry'''. This means that staff will not help you look for the person you’re trying to find. But in some cases, the registry may perform an active search. | The Adoption Reunion Registry connects adopted adults with their birth families, if the adoption took place in BC and everyone involved is 19 or over when the connection is made. The Adoption Reunion Registry operates a '''passive registry'''. This means that staff will not help you look for the person you’re trying to find. But in some cases, the registry may perform an active search. | ||
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:'''What’s a disclosure veto?''' | :'''What’s a disclosure veto?''' | ||
:A [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/ | :A [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/birth-adoption/adoptions/how-to-access-adoption-records disclosure veto] prevents the release of any information on the birth registration or adoption order identifying the person who placed the veto. A disclosure veto also prevents the Adoption Reunion Registry from helping to locate the person who filed the veto. You can place a disclosure veto on your record if you’re a birth parent or adopted person involved in an adoption that occurred before 1996. | ||
:'''What’s a no-contact declaration?''' | :'''What’s a no-contact declaration?''' | ||
:A [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/ | :A [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/birth-adoption/adoptions/how-to-access-adoption-records no-contact declaration] allows information to be released, but prohibits any contact with the person who has placed the no-contact declaration. If a no-contact declaration has been placed on the birth or adoption records you’re searching, you’ll have to sign a statutory declaration promising not to contact the other person while the no-contact declaration lasts. If you break your promise, you may face a penalty of up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $10,000. | ||
==A written statement may be included== | ==A written statement may be included== | ||
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==More information== | ==More information== | ||
*Check the Ministry of Children & Family Development’s [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/ | *Check the Ministry of Children & Family Development’s [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/birth-adoption/adoptions/adoption-reunions-registries/adoption-reunion-registry adoption reunions and registries] and its [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/births-adoptions/adoptions adoption website]. | ||
*Contact the [https://www.bcadoption.com/ Adoptive Families Association of BC] at 1.877.236.7807. | *Contact the [https://www.bcadoption.com/ Adoptive Families Association of BC] at 1.877.236.7807. | ||
