It’s a more difficult question than you might think, at least according to New Mexico State Registrar Renée Valencia. “In New Mexico, people think they know their name — and then they get their birth ...

In the United States, birth certificates usually consist of a Certificate of Live Birth, which is a standard form. Its purpose is to collect information and issue a recognized birth certificate that ...

Under a law passed in 2013, about 400,000 people adopted in Ohio between Jan. 1, 1964, and Sept. 18, 1996, will gain access to birth records beginning March 20. The law provided birth parents a year, ...

For decades, California law has required adult adoptees to petition the courts and show “good and compelling cause” to access ...