This is a compilation of written and verbal information given to me by the adoption agency and by other sources.
**Born "Baby Boy _____", on June 4, 1960 at 1:40 A.M. at Broward General Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and was delivered by Dr. Kirkley.
**My Birth Mother was 34 years old at the time of my birth. Her birth date is in October, 1925. She had been married and divorced. Her ex-husband is not my birth father.
**She was 5' 7" tall, normal weight 140 pounds, had hazel eyes, long, naturally wavy brown hair and very fair skin. Her family was of English and Hungarian decent and of the Protestant faith. Her brother was a Reverend at a Broward County Church.
**She worked as a clerk-typist for a loan company in Ft. Lauderdale, where she met my birth father. I now know his name is Richard. He was the manager or assistant manager and was married and the father of three children.
**She moved to a boarding home around the beginning of April 1960 and stayed there until I was born. We believe she left the hospital with her step father.
**On June 11, 1960, CHS filed a petition for custody in Broward County Juvenile Court at which time the "sign and surrender" or relinquishment order was signed by my birth mother.
**I was brought to Children's Home Society in Miami by caseworker, Bess Black and placed in the care of a Dade County foster home on June 9, 1960. From this point on the record refers to me as Robert Ted, but they called me "Ted."
**Finalization of Adoption took place on October 11, 1961 in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Dade County (Miami), by Judge Philip Goldman. The attorney for the petitioner was Edgar E. Cox, Jr. of Miami, Fl.
My petition for a Court Order to open my records in Miami was denied for lack of "good cause." CHS wrote a "request for contact letter" to Richard on December 11, 1997. To my surprise, he called the case worker and left a phone number, however c.w. was unable to reach him at it. They wrote a second letter, which he never answered. In order to find my bmom, CHS turned the search over to a wonderful PI/CI in Orlando and within ONE HOUR, she found my birth mother's address. (If anyone searching in Florida would like her name and address, just email me.) Because of FL law, she had to turn the info back to CHS. My case worker wrote a "contact" letter on Monday, Feb. 2 and called me on Friday, Feb 13, (VALENTINE'S DAY) with the news that she heard from my birth mother and she would like to meet her "son."
We had our telephone reunion on February 19, 1998. The first thing she said to me was the agency told her she would NEVER meet me and was NOT ALLOWED to try to find me. She sounds like a lovely lady and we are going to continue our relationship through letters, phone calls and hopefully, in person in June ~ for my birth day.
DON'T EVERY GIVE UP!
REUNION UPDATE
We have been calling each other several times a week. She is a very honest and forthright lady and our conversations are extremely comfortable. I am not bombarding her with questions and things are unfolding gradually. She did not have an easy pregnancy or delivery with me and I am her only child. The information given to me by CHS was mostly true. My wife made a lovely memory album and we sent it off right away. My birth mom has sent many pictures of herself from childhood up to today and I finally know who I look like. We will finally meet face to face when she and her husband, along with her Chihuahua Sadie Mae come to visit us on June 3rd. June 4th is my birthday and it will be the first one spent with my mother.
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