What Does a Motion to Unseal Adoption Records Mean?
Full Question:
Question: What does it mean to file a motion and order to unseal adoption records?
07/03/2010 |
Category: Adoption |
State: Texas |
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Answer:
A motion is a formal request to the court and the order is prepared for the judge’s convenience to make it easier for the party to have the motion granted. Typically, it means that someone, usually an adopted child, is seeking to locate or discover the identity of birth parents in a confidential adoption. Confidential Adoption is a more modern and more positive term that is used to describe what has been traditionally called "closed adoptions." It is the process by where an infant is adopted by another family, and the record of the biological parents is kept sealed.
