Tina's Pennsylvania Adoption Pages

Overview of PA Adoption Laws

In Pennsylvania, an adult adoptee (age 18), or adoptive parents of adoptees under 18 may petition the court for release of identifying information concerning birth parent(s). The court must appoint either a county agency or a private adoption agency to attempt to locate and contact the birth parent(s). The court may deny the request to search for the birth parent(s) if it believes that there is a substantial risk that persons other than the birth parent(s) would learn of the adoptee's existence and relationship to the birth parent(s). An adoptee or his or her adoptive parent may also make a direct request to an adoption agency to search for the birth parent(s). Identifying information concerning the birth parent(s) may only be released if both birth parents consent. If only one birth parent consents to the release of the information, only information about that birth parent may be disclosed. Birth parents may file with the court or the Department of Health a consent form granting permission to disclose to the adoptee the information contained in the adoptee's original birth certificate. Such information may not be released without such a consent and only to an adoptee 18 years of age or older (with adoptive parent permission, if under 18).

23 Pa. Cons. Stat. 2905.

PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER ADDRESSES

Beaver & Allegheny Counties Times 400 Fair Ave. Beaver, PA 15009 Letters to the Editor	The Bucks County Courier Times 8400 Route 13 Levittown, PA 19058	Butler Eagle 114 W. Diamond St. Butler, PA 16001 Letters to the Editor
Centre Daily Times Box 89 State College, PA 16801 (Fax 814-238-1811) Letters to the Editor	Citizen's Voice 75 N. Washington Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 (Fax 717-821-2247) Letters to the Editor	Daily American Box 638 Somerset, PA 15501 Letters to the Editor
Daily Courier P.O. Box 864 127 West Apple St Connellsville, PA 15425 Letters to the Editor	The Daily Item Box 607 Sunbury, PA 17801 (Fax 717-286-2570) Letters to the Editor	Daily Local News 250 North Bradford Avenue West Chester, PA 19382 (Fax 610-430-1180) Letters to the Editor
The Daily Review 116 Main St. Towanda, PA 18848 Letters to the Editor	The Derrick Venango News 1510 West First Street Oil City, PA 16301 Phone: (814)-676-7444 or (800)-352-1002	Erie Daily Times 205 W. 12th Street Erie, PA 16534 (Phone 814-870-1600) Letters to the Editor
The Evening Sun 135 Baltimore St. Hanover, PA 17331 Phone: (717) 637-3736 Phone: (800) 877-3786 FAX: (717) 637-7730 Letters to the Editor	The Evening Times 201 N. Lehigh Avenue Sayre, PA 18840 Fax: (570)888-6463 Letters to the Editor	The Express 9-11 West Main St. Lock Haven, PA 17745 Phone: (570)748-6791 Letters to the Editor
Express Times Box 391 Easton, PA 18044 Letters to the Editor	Gettysburg Times Box 3669 Gettysburg, PA 17325 Letters to the Editor	The Herald 101 Emerson Avenue Aspinwall, PA 15215 Phone: (412) 782-2121 Letters to the Editor
Indiana Gazette 899 Water Street Indiana, PA 15701 Letters to the Editor	Lancaster New Era Box 1328 Lancaster, PA 17608 (Fax 717-399-6506) Letters to the Editor	Lancaster Newspapers 8 West King Street Lancaster, PA 17603 Letters to the Editor
Leader-Times 115-121 North Grant Avenue Kittanning, PA 16201 Phone: (724) 543-1303 Letters to the Editor	Lebanon Daily News 718 Poplar St Lebanon, PA 17042 (Fax 717-274-1608) Letters to the Editor	Meadville Tribune 947 Federal Court Meadville, PA 16335 Letters to the Editor
The Morning Call 101 N. 6th Street Allentown, PA 18105 Letters to the Editor	The Observer-Reporter 440 W. Main St. Monogahela, PA 15063	Observer-Reporter 122 S. Main St. Washington, PA 15201 (Fax 412-225-2077)
Philadelphia Daily News 400 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19101 Phone: 215-854-2000 Letters to the Editor	Philadelphia Inquirer 400 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19101 Phone 215-854-2000 Letters to the Editor	The Phoenix 225 Bridge St. Phoenixville, PA 19460 Letters to the Editor
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 34 Blvd. of the Allies Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 263-1100 Letters to the Editor	Pittsburgh Tribune-Review D.L. Clark Bldg. 503 Martindale St., 3rd floor Pittsburgh, PA 15212 News: (412) 321 - 6460 Letters to the Editor	The Pocono Record 511 Lenox St. Stroudsburg, PA 18360 Letters to the Editor
Pottstown Mercury Hanover and King Streets Pottstown, PA 19466	Pottsville Republican P.O. Box 209 Pottsville, PA 17901 Letters to the Editor	Reading Eagle/Reading Times Box 582 Reading, PA 19603-0582 Letters to the Editor
Scranton Times 149 Penn Avenue Scranton, PA 18503 Letters to the Editor	The Sentinel Box 588 Lewistown, PA 17044 Letters to the Editor	The Times News Box 239 Lehighton, PA 18235 Letters to the Editor
Tribune-Democrat 425 Locust Street Johnstown, PA 15901 Letters to the Editor	TRIBUNE - REVIEW 622 Cabin Hill Drive Greensburg, PA 15601 Phone: (724) 834-1151 Toll free number: 1-800-433-3045 Letters to the Editor	The Sharon Herald Box 51 Sharon, PA 16146 Phone: (724) 981-6100 Phone: (800) 981-1692 Letters to the Editor must be mailed or faxed to (724) 981-5116
The Valley Independent Eastgate 19 Monessen, PA 15062 Letters to the Editor	Valley News Dispatch 210 Fourth Avenue Tarentum, PA 15084 Phone: (724) 224-4321 Letters to the Editor	Uniontown Herald-Standard P. O. Box 848 Uniontown, PA 15401 Letters to the Editor
Warren Times Observer P. O. Box 188 Warren, PA 16365	York Daily Record P.O. Box 15122 122 S. George St. York, PA 17402 Fax: 717-771-2009 Letters to the Editor

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