Washington State Birth Parents Who Placed Children for Adoption Before Oct. 1, 1993 Must Notify Health Dept. to Retain Anonymity

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The following snippet is from an AP article posted in the Sept. 25, 2013 edition of The Republic.

OLYMPIA, Washington — Birth parents who placed their child for adoption on or before Oct. 1, 1993, must notify the state Health Department if they want to remain anonymous.

A new law that takes effect next July will open access to birth records…

Read the full article.

Read more about the new law at the KXRO website.

Read a copy of the bill as passed by the legislature.

More info from the Washington State Legislature site.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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