Kate and Geoff leaving the ceremony |
Case A) A lawyer in my village of Sag Harbor of friendly but usually only a passing acquaintance told me one day that years ago he handled an adoption and he has kept all the papers with the names intact IN CASE someone (as in the mother or the grown-up child) returns asking for information.
He will give it to whomever arrives, no questions asked (as long as no one is an axe-murderer). He understands that it is absurd that mother and child are not allowed to know one another under current laws. I have no more