{"id":33,"date":"2020-10-19T13:54:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T12:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccsadoption.org\/the-centre\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-03-13T09:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:02:16","slug":"birth-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccsadoption.org\/adoption-support\/search-reunion\/birth-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Birth Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How can I find information about an Adopted Adult?<\/h2>\n<p>You can ask an Adoption Agency or an Adoption Support Agency to act as an Intermediary Agency for you. This could be the agency that placed your child for adoption, your Local Authority or any other registered adoption agency.<\/p>\n<p>Your chosen agency will work with both you and the adopted adult if both of you agree to contact. If you wish to make contact, either by sending letters or by meeting face to face, your Intermediary Agency can sometimes arrange this, or if not, direct you to an agency working in your area that can. You can also ask to place a letter on the adopted person\u2019s file. If they decide to access their file in the future they will be given the letter.<\/p>\n<p>You can also register on the Adoption Contact Register here:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/adoption-records\/the-adoption-contact-register\">Register<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Accessing Information<\/h2>\n<p>If you would like more information on an adopted person you can send us a request by emailing this filled-in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccsadoption.org\/adoption-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Birth-Relative-Records-Enquiry-Form.docx\">Enquiry Form<\/a><\/span> to <a href=\"mailto:birthrecords@ccsadoption.org\">birthrecords@ccsadoption.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For further information for birth relatives on the law around contact, intermediary agencies, the adoption contact register and counselling click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccsadoption.org\/adoption-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/CCS-Adoption-Information-for-Birth-Relatives.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I find information about an Adopted Adult? 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