The UK’s Information regulator (ICO) has warned councils could face legal action over long delays, errors and missing documents for those trying to access their adoption files and care records, in an ...

(CN) - A 51-year-old alcoholic with a "hole in her soul" cannot find out who her birth parents are to help soothe her anxiety, depression and substance abuse, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. When a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once a child is adopted from foster care, it’s as if they are reborn in the eyes of many child welfare agencies. In required data ...

The decision to seek out biological parents or children can be tense, difficult and at times impossible. How a person goes about finding and reconnecting with their biological family depends on who ...

A state law that went into effect just this summer is making it possible for people to access thousands of adoption records for the very first time. The information in those records means siblings ...

Old adoption records housed at a state agency in St. Paul soon could become a more important resource for people researching their family histories. Minnesota is making plans to digitize about 5 ...