tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post4132057327057427806..comments2024-03-27T20:48:39.389-04:00Comments on [Birth Mother] First Mother Forum: Oregon to allow first mothers easier access to child's adoption recordsLorraine Duskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-76176288232438450682014-07-15T20:59:58.862-04:002014-07-15T20:59:58.862-04:00A link to the information and forms is on the righ...A link to the information and forms is on the right side bar. Please email me at forumfirstmother@gmail.com BEFORE you submit the forms. I'll give you my phone number and help you with the forms, Mothers have run into problems with county court staff misinterpreting the law and being obstructive. Jane Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715622112694146946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-9525315214145761772014-07-15T20:21:44.551-04:002014-07-15T20:21:44.551-04:00I cannot find the forms to petition the court for ...I cannot find the forms to petition the court for my birth son's adoption records. I contacted the county's court clerk and the did not have papers to fill out to petition for said records under this SB. Can anyone help me? Thank you.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> I called the county court clerk in the county where I gave birth and relinquished my birth son. They did not have the forms to fill out to petition the court for the adoption records. Does anyone know how to obtain them?<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-13543488086586185072013-06-20T12:16:16.109-04:002013-06-20T12:16:16.109-04:00This is the best thing I've read today. Thank...This is the best thing I've read today. Thanks Jane for all your work on this. h2o girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512408535354009657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-12079014276823248762013-06-19T19:12:49.058-04:002013-06-19T19:12:49.058-04:00This is very good news! What is it that makes Oreg...This is very good news! What is it that makes Oregon so much more progressive than a lot of other states? I just got a note the NJ Bill is coming to a full vote in the Senate tomorrow, but fear no matter how far it goes Christie will veto again. maryannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-23220492415369151532013-06-19T13:35:36.216-04:002013-06-19T13:35:36.216-04:00Next stop: Not changing or sealing records at all,...Next stop: Not changing or sealing records at all, ever. <br /><br />We can hope.Avehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02403060536831696793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-64373351518823021512013-06-19T13:20:43.968-04:002013-06-19T13:20:43.968-04:00“There can be no legally protected interest in kee...<b>“There can be no legally protected interest in keeping one’s identity secret from one’s biological offspring; parents and child are considered co-owners of the information regarding the event of birth….The birth parents’ interest in reputation is not alone deserving of constitutional protection.” </b>--from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Model Adoption Act in 1980. It did not pass Congress. <br /><br />The recommendations included in this reform of adoption law included allowing birth mothers to have the kind of access to information about their children that Oregon just granted. Lee Campbell, the founder of CUB, was on the panel that wrote the recommendations, and when first mothers were included to be given access to their children's new identities, those of use involved were stunned! We couldn't believe it. <br /><br />But if it sounded too good to be true, it was, and as I have written before, neither adoptees or birth parents got anything in the end. Florence Fisher and I testified in DC at a Senate hearing but to no avail. The National Council for Adoption waged all out war on these proposed changes; the Senate got more than 7,000 letters opposing it, according to Wayne Carp's book, Family Matters. <br /><br />Adoptive father (and general reprobate, look up him in Wikipedia) Sen. John Tower of Texas led the fight against it. More than 30 years later, one state has managed to do the right thing, and I am so proud that my friend Jane Edwards was a part of it.Lorraine Duskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-53039786628491774782013-06-19T12:58:02.498-04:002013-06-19T12:58:02.498-04:00I am overwhelmed upon reading this. The state of O...I am overwhelmed upon reading this. The state of Oregon has taken a giant step forward in allowing natural parents and adoptees to find answers and possibly reunite. My hope is that this goes smoothly, as has the opening of original birth certificates in states like Maine, and is used as the protocol for other states to follow.<br /><br />Natural mom<br />ISO: Justin<br />DOB:4/23/82<br />West Palm Beach, FLWinniePH1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-20163423765851586302013-06-19T09:34:36.895-04:002013-06-19T09:34:36.895-04:00Reading this news is a wonderful way to start my d...Reading this news is a wonderful way to start my day. I'm just thrilled for the mothers in Oregon who lost their children to the "adoption industry." Thanks for sharing.Gailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-60702512205083651262013-06-19T09:07:00.427-04:002013-06-19T09:07:00.427-04:00This is amazing news! I hadn't read about this...This is amazing news! I hadn't read about this elsewhere. Now ever mother who gave up her baby is going to wish she had done it in Oregon. Thanks Jane, for spreading the good news.Viktorianoreply@blogger.com