(CN) - A 51-year-old alcoholic with a "hole in her soul" cannot find out who her birth parents are to help soothe her anxiety, depression and substance abuse, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. When a ...

The information regulator has warned councils could face legal action over delays, errors and missing documents for those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once a child is adopted from foster care, it’s as if they are reborn in the eyes of many child welfare agencies. In required data ...

A state law that went into effect just this summer is making it possible for people to access thousands of adoption records for the very first time. The information in those records means siblings ...

LANSING — State auditors will get access to the confidential adoption records they seek for their review of child placement programs, the Court of Claims ruled Thursday, a decision that should allow ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Adoptees born between 1941 and 1994 would be able to access their birth records under a bill passed by the Indiana Senate. The bill approved on a 43-5 vote Thursday would reverse a ...

The York County SPCA shattered adoption records during its weeklong Clear the Shelters event last week. The event, which ended Sunday, provided new homes to 146 animals, SPCA spokesperson Kristen ...

Old adoption records housed at a state agency in St. Paul soon could become a more important resource for people researching their family histories. Minnesota is making plans to digitize about 5 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adult adoptees have spoken about their 'traumatising' experiences trying to find out basic information, ITV News Social Affairs ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A state law that went into effect just this summer is making it possible for people to access thousands of adoption records for the very first time. The information in those ...