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Minnesota

Last updated on May 26, 2020

When the Biggest Opposition is a Pandemic

Remaining genuine equal rights bills are trying to get attention while a pandemic closes down capitols. Here’s a legislative update.

Last updated on December 27, 2018

Can You Crowdsource Clean Legislation?

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Help draft a clean Minnesota bill that provides an unrestricted right for all adult adoptees to obtain their own original birth records upon request.

Last updated on February 19, 2018

Legislative Update: Florida, New York and All Others

February 2018 Legislative OBC Update

The latest in adoptee rights legislation, with sessions just getting started, in full swing, or even close to adjournment. New York and Florida are the big ones but others hang on to the promise of clean.

Last updated on June 1, 2017

The Long and Costly Tail of Compromise

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Forty years ago, Minnesota enacted the nation’s first compromised system of access to original birth certificates. The damage continues today.

Last updated on May 28, 2019

Minnesota

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Minnesota law does not provide adult adoptees with unrestricted access to their original birth certificates. Access to OBCs in Minnesota is ridiculously complex and based primarily on the date of adoption and whether a birth parent objects to disclosure.

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Adoptee Rights Law Center PLLC
Gregory D. Luce
PO Box 19561
Minneapolis Minnesota 55419
T: (612) 221-3947
E: [email protected]

Legal representation limited to issues involving Minnesota law and federal immigration law.

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