THE WINDS OF CHANGE IN ADOPTIONS LAWS:Should Adoptees Have Access to Adoption Records? |
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| Authors: | Brett S Silverman |
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| Institution: | Brett S. Silverman received his BBA in Finance from George Washington University, along with a Juris Doctorate from Hofstra University's School of Law. He has passed the New York bar exam and is currently pursuing an MBA with a specialization in International Finance at the University of Miami. |
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| Abstract: | The author focuses on the issues involving the unsealing of adoption records—allowing adoptees to discover who their birth parents are. He first examines the history of adoption and the development of adoption laws in the United States and then discusses currently enacted adoption statutes. Next, the author considers the benefits and disadvantages of unsealing adoption records to the birth parents, the adoptee, and the adoptive parents. He suggest a model law and offers an analysis of its advantages and problems. Through this proposal, the author hopes to assuage many of the problems existing in adoption laws now. |
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