Author: Barbara
Date: 10/8/2014 4:32 pm CDT
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This is the information for the State of OK. Contact them for assistance.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The State of Oklahoma will search for and locate birth relatives through their “Confidential Intermediary” search program.
Using a Confidential Intermediary: Adopted adults age 18 or older, adult descendants of a deceased adopted adult, birth parents, birth siblings, birth grandparents, or the birth siblings of a deceased birth parent may use or be searched for by a confidential intermediary. Those requesting searches must be registered with the registry for 6 months or more. If both parties agree to contact, the confidential intermediary will arrange contact.
Contact:
Confidential Intermediary Search Program
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 521-4373
Contact the adoption agency that facilitated the adoption or this office for adoption related information and records:
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Division of Children & Families
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma, OK 73125
(405) 522-2467 or (405) 521-2475
Toll Free: (405) 522-2433
Fax: (405) 521-4373
Obtaining Non-Identifying Information: Adoptive parents and adopted adults age 18 or older may obtain non-identifying information. Contact the adoption agency that facilitated the adoption to request this information.
Obtaining Identifying Information: Identifying information is provided through a registry and confidential intermediary program.
Using the Adoption Registry: The following persons may use the registry: adopted adults age 18 or older unless there is a minor birth sibling in the family or the location of a birth sibling is known, adoptive parents or legal guardians of an adoptee under 18 or deceased, adult descendants of a deceased adopted adult, birth parents, and adult biological relatives of an adopted adult unless the birth parents have filed an affidavit of non-disclosure.
Contact:
Voluntary Adoption Reunion Registry
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 521-4373
Obtaining an Original Birth Certificate: An adoptee must petition the court in which the adoption was finalized.
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