Answer: According to the Child Welfare Information Gateway, approximately 30 States employ an adoption registry as a way to help those wishing to embark on an adoption reunion. To discover how your State uses mutual consent adoption registries or if your State uses a confidential intermediary system or a affidavit system - please visit the following Web site maintained by the Child Welfare Information Gateway.
 To find out what your State requires in terms of an adoption registry:
When you arrive at the Web site -
 - Select the State where your adoption was finalized.
  - Then check the box "Accessing Adoption Records,"
  - Then click the button marked "Go."
  
The next page will give a link that will lead to contact information on the adoption registry.
 SOURCE:
Child Welfare Information Gateway
   
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