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Accessing Arkansas Adoption Records
In 2018, Arkansas implemented a new law that allows adoptees to unseal their adoption records once they turn 21. While the law provides a way to access Arkansas adoption records, it also comes with red tape, including notary requirements and a fee.
If you want an easier way to reunite with your biological relatives, Adopted.com can help. We offer a voluntary adoption reunion registry where adoptees, birth parents, and others impacted by adoption can connect very quickly.
To join our registry, you don’t need to get a form notarized or pay a fee. All you need to do is answer ten simple questions that most people know about the adoption.
Our registry spans the state of Arkansas, from Fayetteville to Little Rock and everywhere in between. We offer a safe, secure way to reconnect with your birth family. Register for free today to join a community where reunions happen every day.
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3,229 Are Adoptions in Arkansas Open?
Yes, Arkansas allows families to arrange open adoptions. In an open adoption, the adoptive family knows the birth parents’ identities. One or both birth parents may even have ongoing communication with the adopted child, such as phone calls or face-to-face visits.
However, the official adoption files are sealed even in an open adoption. You cannot access the adoption records unless you’re an adoptee over 21 years old.
How Do I Get My Original Birth Certificate if I Was Adopted in Arkansas?
Your original birth certificate is part of your adoption file. You can get this document by submitting a written request to the Arkansas Department of Health if you’re over 21. When you receive your original birth certificate, it will be marked “not intended for official use.”
Arkansas allows birth parents to redact their names from an adoptee’s original birth certificate. If one or both of your birth parents have asked to keep their identities confidential, their names will be removed from the copy you receive.
How to Unseal Adoption Records in Arkansas
Adoptees in Arkansas can request their adoption files once they’re 21 years old. You must complete a form from the Arkansas Department of Health to unseal your adoption records. You’ll need to provide proof of your identity, such as a driver’s license. You’ll also need to have the form notarized.
If an adoptee has passed away, their surviving spouse, child, or child’s guardian can also request their adoption records. You’ll need to complete the same form and include proof of your identity. You’ll also need to submit your own birth certificate and notarized documentation of your relationship to the adoptee. A marriage or birth certificate can satisfy this requirement.
For all requests, there’s a $100 fee to access adoption files. You can submit a check or money order to the Arkansas Department of Health with your mailed application.
How Do You Access Arkansas Public Adoption Records?
Arkansas adoption records aren’t public, and you can only access them if you’re an adoptee or the spouse, child, or child’s guardian of an adoptee who has passed away. If you don’t fall into one of those categories, you’ll need a court order to unseal adoption records in Arkansas.
While the state limits who can access adoption records, you may be able to access some information through the Arkansas Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry (MCVAR). This voluntary registry can connect birth relatives if they both consent to having contact.
You can register to identify your birth relatives if you’re:
- An adoptee who’s at least 18
- A birth parent
- A birth grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or sibling
To register with the MCVAR, you must complete an affidavit form, attend a one-hour counseling session, and pay $20. Once you complete these steps, you will be notified if one of your biological relatives joins the registry.
Additionally, the MCVAR can provide non-identifying information about an adoption, including genetic, health, and social histories. This information doesn’t include the names of the adoptee, the adoptive parents, or the birth parents.
You can register to access this information if you’re:
- An adoptee who’s at least 18
- A birth parent
- A spouse, child, or child’s guardian of a deceased adoptee
- An adoptive parent or a legal guardian
- A child welfare agency with custody of an adoptee
To obtain this report, you must complete an affidavit form and pay $5.
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A Few of Our Members Currently Searching Within Arkansas Who Chose To Be Featured
1126. Melinda1996 : I am looking for the birth parents of my father. Birth name was Mark Anthony Lopez. He was a few months old at adoptions I believe. Adopted in Arkansas.
1127. Jennifertice : My son name is brently Edward Garrett Kelley he was in Russellville Arkansas,st.marys hospital.oct31,2013 please I just want hear from my son please if u can help please do.thanks u so much
1128. Lookingforgill : The name on some of my mother’s paperwork is Phillis Gill. She was either born or adopted on Nov. 26 or 27, 1914.
1129. Tifer : You are the daughter of Fred Burnett Sr. You called years ago and spoke with my daddy, you thought he was your dad but turned out he was your big brother. You was living in Tyler texas at the time going to school to be a dental hygienist at the time you met my grandpa and came to meet him and the rest of your family. I was a toddler and was told we look just alike. I would desperately like to meet my aunt!!
1130. Armscooter : Fort Smith, Arkansas Jimmie Robertson/Roberson/Robinson Sparks
1131. Jenaesullivan : I am looking for my brother Andrew Norman Adair. He is my only whole sibling with Chantel Folsom as a mother, with Norman Andrew Adair as a father. We had a younger half sister names Raven. We grew up a bit in lower Missouri, but it’s possible he was adopted in another state. We have family in Kalamazoo Michigan. He is my only whole sibling, and I want to find him.
1132. Christien1983 : I was only 17 when I got pregnant and was always in trouble. It didn’t seem to matter how much I tried it was never good enough. I loved you more than life itself. I had a really tough life and I hope I did something right for a change by letting you go to a different family than ours. Please understand that I didn’t want to lose you they took you without giving me a say. Please let me get to know you for the man you have become.
1133. Christien1983 : It was 2012 the last time I saw my beautiful daughter. So sad and it broke both of our hearts. Not a moment goes by without me thinking about you and your sisters. They aren’t old enough for me to look for yet. But I told you all the time I would always come back. Better late than never. I can’t wait to hold you back in my arms again. I have been looking forward to it for a long time now.
1134. Beiern : Born in Magnolia Arkansas. Adopted to a family in Nebraska.
1135. Rhewgley10 : James (Jim) Robert Phillips died in WWII in England. He was a Co-Pilot in a B17G that crashed on 11 July, 1944 in Felixstowe, Sfk, UK crashed Saham Toney, Nfk. The other flight members were Jack Gazzale, Navigator: Fred Oglesby, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Burton Chenkin, Ball turret gunner: Lowell Jones, Waist gunner: Bob Ehlert,Tail gunner: Bob Broadie (6 Returned to Duty) Co-pilot:Jim Phillips, tog-Ralph Hipsman, Ball turret gunner: Everett Broadie (3 Killed in Action)
1136. Coco-Stacy : The are fraternal twins, one boy, one girl. The girl (Francis) had a crossed-eye at birth, the boy (Harley) was a healthy chunky baby! They are the 5th & 6th siblings of mine! They were left at the hospital by my druggie mother. Which is awful. I believe they would be 18 this year, 19 in March.
1137. Bobbymfriend : would like to find all members of my family
1138. Brizer : My mother Sarah Faulkner also goes by last name Reddell had my two siblings Lilly and Isaac Faulkner that were adopted i know they were adopted in Arkansas but I don’t know which city exactly possibly Little Rock I have been trying to contact them for years and have searched with no luck please help
1139. Suzannashort : My brother was born at white county hospital in Searcy arkansas. Mom says she’s positive he had red hair. She wasn’t allowed to hold him before he was took away.her name is Cynthia my dads name is Kelly. You have 2 sisters and a deceased brother. Your parents are both alive. Dr koch/coke and Dr ransom delivered and set the whole thing up.
1140. Catherinemagill : My name is catherine.looking for my son.he was adopted from Rogers Arkansas.
