NEW HAMPSHIRE Law/Reform

As of 1-1-97 New law allows anyone over the age of 21 to contact the agency that handled the adoption to act as an intermediary in finding birthparents. Birthparents may also do this looking for Adoptees as long as the adoptee is over 21. Be sure to ask about this when you contact the state.

The law says that identifying information must be shared with an adult adoptee (age 21) if the birth parent has signed a waiver release form. Information will not be released unless such a form is in the file with the agency and then the agency must attempt to contact the birth parent to see what their current wishes are regarding contact. Non-id information is available to adult adoptees and adoptive parents.


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New Hampshire Adoption Laws