Issues that require to be resolved in the next revision of The Adoption Act, expected to be sometime in the year 2005 (It is now March 2013 and nothing has happened)
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There are several issues that we feel need to be addressed in the next revision of the Act. These are issues that have been unresolved for many years, and it is felt by LINKS that they are long overdue in being changed to reflect the changing attitudes of society, and to reflect the wishes of the majority of adoptees, birthmothers, birthfathers, and other members of the adoption triad.
These issues are: - All adult adoptees, upon request, will be given their full birth name. This includes all adoptees retroactive to the time the government began keeping adoption records
- When an adoptee reaches the age of 18, the birthmother and/or birthfather may request, and receive, the full adopted name of the adoptee
- Adoptees, when they reach the age of 18, may request, and receive, the full name of their birthmother and birthfather
- If an adoptee is deceased, the adult children of the adoptee may request and receive the same information the adoptee would have received, i.e. non-identifying information on the birth family, and the birthmother and birthfather's full name, and they should be able to register and request a search for the biological family of the deceased adoptee
- If a birthparent is deceased, the parents of the birthparent (grandparents) may request and receive the same information the birthparent would have received
- The no-contact veto should be removed
- Until an adoptee reaches the age of 18, the adoptive parents must advise the Post Adoption Registry if the adoptee dies, and the Registry must advise the birthparents immediately
- Upon application, the identifying information of a deceased person who was eligible to register will be released
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