Updates on USA adoptions laws

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Half of all US States allow adult adoptees some form of access to their original birth certificate outside of going to court.

The law was signed April 2014 in New Jersey, and comes into effect 1 January 2017.

So it's a good time to list the following about USA adoptions laws

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Some States have unrestricted access to an adopted person's birth certificate:

Alabama 
Alaska
Colorado
Hawaii
Kansas
Maine
New Hampshire
Oregon
Rhode Island
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Other have some restrictions.

Connecticut  PARTIAL ACCESS
Delaware ACCESS / RESTRICTIONS
Illinois  ACCESS /RESTRICTIONS
Massachusetts  PARTIAL ACCESS
Montana  PARTIAL ACCESS
New Jersey  ACCESS IN 2017 / RESTRICTIONS
Ohio  ACCESS / RESTRICTIONS [March 2015]
Oklahoma PARTIAL ACCESS
Tennessee ACCESS  STATE / RESTRICTIONS
Vermont  PARTIAL ACCESS / RESTRICTIONS
Washington  ACCESS STATE /RESTRICTIONS
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additions:
Indiana and Missouri [July 2016]  — enacted laws this year.

http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/state.php