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| Maryland has a mutual consent registry for adult adoptees (age 21), birth parent(s) and biological siblings. |
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For registry information, contact: Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry Social Services Administration 311 W. Saratoga Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Telephone: (301) 333-0237 |
| Md. Fam. Code Ann. Subtitle 4A.; State Gov't Article, Sec. 10-616, originally enacted in 1970 as Ch. 698, Laws of MD |
| * | Adoption agencies (state and private) required to provide medical and non-identifying information to adoptees and birth parents upon request. |
| * | Adoptees and birthparents do not need to demonstrate a need for medical or non-identifying information. |
| * | non-identifying information defined as anything that does not reveal the location or identity of an individual. |
| * | three (3) provisions for situations in which the placing agency no longer has the records or fails to provide the information. |
| * | Most adoptions prior to July 1, 1947 are open. |
Contact the MD State Archives 800-234-4045.
| 07/01/47 to 01/01/2000 | An adoptee must petition the court in which the adoption was finalized, receive if the adoption was finalized after July 1, 1947, and before January 1, 2000. | |
| 01/01/2000 and later | For adoptions finalized after January 1, 2000, adopted adults age 21 or older can receive their original birth certificate and report of the decree or judgment of adoption. DISCLOSURE VETO If the birth parents have filed a disclosure veto, all identifying information will be deleted. Birth parents of an adopted adult age 21 or older can receive a copy of the altered birth certificate and report of the decree or judgment of adoption. If the adopted adult has filed a disclosure veto, all identifying information will be deleted. | |
| Up to 07/01/47 | For adoptions finalized before July 1, 1947, an adopted adult may receive the original birth certificate. |