The following teaser is from an excellent article written by Betty Malesky, posted in the March 16, 2014 edition of GVNews.com
Ohio has joined an elite group of states that have made it easier for adoptees to access their original birth certificates. More than 400,000 Ohio adoptees will be able to obtain their original birth certificates starting in March 2015 under Substitute Senate Bill 23 signed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich at the end of 2013.
When those born before 1964 reached adulthood, they have been able to request their original birth records from the Ohio Department of Health. Since 1996, those born after September 1996 have also been able to request their birth records when they reached age 21 unless their biological parents had the file sealed.
Persons born between 1964 and 1996, however, were overlooked and previously unable to obtain their birth information. The new law was passed unanimously in both the Ohio House and Senate in December with a 90-day enactment period and then a one-year waiting period during which birth parents have the opportunity to request their names be redacted from an adoptee’s birth record.
