Michigan Adoption Records Information

Michigan adoption records may be unsealed by using the following information. This information provides the procedures you will need to know to gain access to Michigan adoption records. Adoption records are often more difficult to open and this needs to be taken into consideration. In Michigan, adult adoptees and their families, both adoptive and biological, may obtain non-identifying information for medical purposes.

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Michigan Adoption Records Information

How to Contact Michigan's Adoption Offices

Michigan Department of Social Services
235 South Grand Avenue
Post Office Box 30037
Lansing, MI 48909

Michigan Department of Community Health
Customer Services Section
3423 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Lansing, MI 48909

Michigan Family Independence Agency
Adoption Services Division
Post Office Box 30037
Lansing, MI 48909

Phone Number: (517) 373-3513

Adopted adults, over 18, direct descendents of a deceased adopted adult, adoptive parents, biological parents, and birth siblings may receive non-identifying information.

Adopted adults may receive identifying information through the state registry on their birth parents and siblings. Birth parents and siblings may receive identifying information for the adult adoptee, if the adoptee provides a written consent through the agency that completed the adoption and the court where the adoption was finalized.

The court provides confidential intermediaries for adopted adults, birth parents, birth grandparents, birth siblings, adoptive parents of a minor child, and descendants of a deceased adopted adult.

If parental rights were terminated before May 28, 1945, or after September 12, 1980, and there is no parental statement of denial found, the adopted adult may receive information on their birth parents and siblings.

If parental rights were terminated after May 28, 1945 and before September 12, 1980, the information will be released if the birth parents and siblings have filed a consent through the registry.

If parental rights were terminated before May 28, 1945 or after September 12, 1980, and adult may receive their original birth certificate if there is no denial statement on file.

If parental rights were terminated after May 28, 1945 and before September 12, 1980, the adopted adult must petition the court where the adoption was finalized.

An adopted adult's adoption record is typically held in the Family Division of Circuit Court that is near the adoptive parents. The court may be able to provide the name of the agency that handled the adoption.