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Mutual consent Voluntary Adoption Registry
Maryland's Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry is a service of the Maryland Department of Human Resources, Social Services Administration, Registry Adoption Program. The Department realizes that adoption services should not be limited to the time before finalization. The Registry offers this post-adoption service to adults adopted in Maryland and to birth family members.

The Registry enrolls adoptees and their birth families who wish to find each other. Registry staff compares information provided by Registrants and "matches" adoptees with their birth family members. They then confirm the information with agency and court records before the registrants are contacted by a social worker and given the information.

All services are coordinated through The Department of Human Resources.

For more information contact:

Department of Human Resources
Social Services Administration
Adoption Search, Contact and Reunion Services
311 West Saratoga Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
1-800-39 ADOPT


This Page Last Revised on January 3, 2007