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Wisconsin DCF Letter to Birthparents

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Division of Safety and Permanence 201 West Washington Avenue Phone: 608-422-7000 DCF-F-16-E (R. 12/2020) PO Box 8916 Fax: 608-422-7158 Madison, WI 53708-8916 Date Ms. Birth mother City, State Dear Ms. Birth mother: I am writing in follow up on today’s telephone conversation. Our program has received an outreach request from your birth son born 1-1-79. Who you named “adoptee name”. He applied to our program on date and is requesting updated family health history and the identity of his birth parents. He would like the opportunity to be in touch with you. I have enclosed a copy of his outreach statement. To authorize the release of your name, address and phone number to your birth son, please complete the enclosed affidavit of consent and have your signature notarized. Please complete the enclosed updated family health history form and return to me. The health information will be shared in a non-identifying format unless you have also returned your affidavit of consent for the release of your identity. Please let me know if you have questions or need assistance with any of the forms. You may reach me by telephone at 608-422-6928 or e-mail address. Sincerely, Adoption Search Specialist Wisconsin Adoption Search Program Department of Children and Families

About Gregory D. Luce

I am a Minnesota lawyer, born and adopted in the District of Columbia, and the founder of Adoptee Rights Law Center PLLC. I've been practicing law in Minnesota state and federal courts since 1993, and have been the executive director of Adoptees United Inc. since 2021. I also have a sense of humor.

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