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Peer reviewedSimpson, Mark; And Others – Family Relations, 1981
Explores the impact of Minnesota's Open Birth Record Law. Studied adoptees in search of information and contact with their birth parents. Caseworkers were relatively successful in the searches, but personal contacts were achieved for only 35 percent of the adoptees. Supports the value of the Open Birth Record law. (Author)
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Background, Confidential Records
