A birth parent may also approach the registry if there is a desire to have contact with the adoptive child. If the adopted child has also so registered the Department of Social Services will try to assist in having the parties meet. The process of adoption should be a pleasurable experience. Needless to say, it is sometimes accompanied by degrees of anxiety coupled with prior frustration. However, those seeking to adopt should do so without feelings of desperation and should adhere, strictly, to these reasonable legal requirements of the State.
Adoption is a personal choice.
This pamphlet, which is based on New York law, is intended to inform, not to advise. No one should attempt to interpret or apply any law without the aid of an attorney. Produced by the New York State Bar Association Committee on Public Relations in cooperation with the Family Law Section. All rights reserved.