Obtaining Non-Identifying Information:
Adopted adults and birth parents can receive some information
Obtaining Identifying Information:
The Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services may contact
the birth parents at the request of an adopted adult for any reason
and at the request of adoptive parents of a minor for medical
information. The Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
may contact the adopted adult for any reason and the adoptive
parents of a minor in the event of a health or medical need.
Information will not be given to the birth parents without the
consent of the adoptive parents of a minor adoptee or the adopted
adult.
An adopted adult may receive all information in the file.
Kansas State Vital Records Office
Office of Vital Statistics
900 SW Jackson
Topeka, KS 66612-2221
(785) 296-1400
Obtaining an Original Birth Certificate:
The original birth certificate may be opened by the State
registrar only upon the demand of the adult adopted person or by a
court order.
Statutes
Citation: Kansas Statutes (1998), Sections
59-2111 to 59-2144
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