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Post Adoption Search Form

Please complete the following form.

PLEASE NOTE:
*If you are a child of an adoptee, you must have written permission from the adopted person to request a search. The written permission must be notarized. If you are a child of an adoptee and the adopted individual is deceased, you will be asked to provide the death certificate and your birth certificate. Please upload the requested documents at the end of this form.

*If you know the adoption agency or county that facilitated the adoption, you may contact them directly for Post Adoption Services. If you do not know the agency or county that facilitated the adoption, please fill out the form below.

*If you have questions regarding Foster Adopt Minnesota’s Post Adoption Search Services or about this search form, please email: search@fosteradoptmn.org

Requestor Information

If legal name has changed from what is listed on birth certificate or adoption decree, please include documentation of legal name change.

Current Legal name *

Maiden name

Preferred Pronoun Pronoun... She/her/hers They/them/theirs He/him/his Other

Mailing Address

If you have an International address, please complete this form and email to search@fosteradoptmn.org

Address *

Address (cont)

City *

State * State... AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming

Zip *

Contact Information

Phone *

Email address *

Your Role

Adopted individual, 19 years and older

Child of adopted individual
(If you are a child of an adoptee, you must have written permission from the adopted person to request a search. The written permission must be notarized. If you are a child of an adoptee and the adopted individual is deceased, you will be asked to provide the death certificate and your birth certificate. Please send all needed documents to search@fosteradoptmn.org).

Genetic sibling, 19 years and older of an adoptee

Birth Parent

Adoptive parent

Professional

Other

Individual previously under foster care / state guardianship

Adoption Information

Please complete as much information, so it increases the likelihood of Foster Adopt Minnesota identifying a record and assisting you with your search request

Adopted individual's birth name

Adopted individual's name after adoption

Birth mother's full name
(please include maiden name if known)

Birth father's full name

Adoptive parent #1's full name
(please include maiden name if known)

Adoptive parent #2's full name

Agency/County that facilitated the adoption

Court where adoption was finalized

Adopted individual's date of birth

Date adoption was finalized

Information you are seeking

Adoption Agency

Adoption Background Info

County and date of adoption finalization

100 year adoption record

Original birth certificate/birth record

Other

Comments

Document Upload

*If you have difficulties uploading required documents, please send items to: search@fosteradoptmn.org

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Foster Adopt Minnesota (FAM) may be able to provide funding assistance to eligible requestors. This assistance is available to cover fees for a variety of Post Adoption Services:

• Search & Outreach, Correspondence with located birth family, Non-identifying Background Report, File Review. Please contact your adoption agency for more information on how to apply for this funding.
• Ancestry DNA Kits--eligible requestors can apply for funding directly through FAM for an Ancestry DNA kit for the purpose of searching for birth family relatives.
• Certificate of Citizenship—eligible requestors can apply for funding directly through FAM for a Certificate of Citizenship or replacement Certificate of Citizenship.

FAM's Post Adoption Funding is funded through the Minnesota Department of Human Services.