Wisconsin adoption records can be found by utilizing the information and instructions below. In Wisconsin, adoptees and their adoptive parents or legal guardians are able to receive non-identifying information on birth parents for medical purposes. Birth parents may also receive non-identifying information on the adoptee if the adoptive parents consent. Opening adoption records usually requires a court order, as the information is sealed at the time of the adoption. Many states also require that birth parents and adoptees file consent forms before their information is released.

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Wisconsin Adoption Records Information

How to Contact Wisconsin's Adoption Offices

Wisconsin Div. of Health & Social Services
Wisconsin Adoption Records Search Program
Post Office Box 8916
Madison, WI 53708-8916

Phone Number: (608) 266-7163

Adopted adults, 18 or older, adoptive parents, legal guardians, and adopted adult's adult children may obtain non-identifying information.

Adopted adults, 21 or older, may receive information on birth parents if they have filed a consent. Adoptive parents of an adopted adult, under 21, may receive information regarding the birth parents if they have a consent on file.

Birth parents may receive information regarding the adoptive parents of an adopted minor child, under 21, if the adoptive parents have a consent on file.

Adopted adults, 21 or older, may request a search for birth parents to obtain a consent for release of identifying information if the birth parents do not have a consent on file.

An adult adoptee, 21 or older, may receive their original birth certificate if the birth parents have a consent on file.