Articles Book III - Pg 1-117 (Adoptees) - triadoption

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Maine sunday Telegram. May 21,1978
Adoptees :
hb famll or In uniting acknowledger before
wmr unieoltha pracoornolorypubllc that he
I. thrbthLI. wlh child Isthe hrlrnndlegltlmalo
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but kcaure I goby the statula.
"I ~UI thc rlotute don give ur roms discrellon
for unurual clrcumsuncer, but If the IcglrlnWra
mcar.1 lor w la open (the rrcordr) up lo lhe
public, thcy wouldn't have parsed the rlolula."
Nadeau sald.
In each adopllon. Nmdemu cxplolned. the adop
Uve paren!#, ar well as the nnlurnl psrcntm ere
lald that tho Informadon ulll rematn conlldcn.
UPI.
.'1tcould goeither way. 1 feel Lnt(o be lnlr to
everyone, you shouldga b lhntsulule. If several
poplo come In and dey all glvc the anma
remn for havlng Ule mords o ened, how can
vou okay one ond not the o$rr~ ~sdesu
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'Inouch Ulrv won't rlmoly ooen the rrcordr.
several or ~lo;@ lntewlew;ds~~d they muld y
(oun~over e mutual deslrela meet on Lbe pad
1
of
Uls adootee nnd Ule natural parent. And they'll
&,I foibothadoptecr and parenu. '
Cumberland Count Pmbale Judge Dana W.
Chlldr sald."lf 1 can i;nd the adopllngparentr I
wlll cnll them and tell Ulem an In ulq hnr k n
mnde and ark If thcy xnnt Ule Joptd chlld la
meet (the nntvml parenu). Not In all cases am
the adopted chlldren nwm
they were a& Led"
Child1 mid, and the declrlon whether lo klPth!m
.- ls"achaleccachndooUn~1amllY -.
maker."
~llbeniiomlngus~f siAndrc's raid he wern
slmllor procedure when he geu lnqulrfer lm
ado tee:
wouid get In (ouch with the bldlwlcal &I.
ants and would make the mnnection ll all mn
scntsd." Domlngue Idld, adding lhsl mungbe
Andre's hion lmm thomother.
So, even If Domlnpelrled lo mnkothsmnnc-
Ilan, he would have Illtlc more lo goon than Ihe
Domlngue sald he hnr had ado tces lmm St.
Andre's come back and u k that dey be natlfied
Ir Ulclr parenu ever auk a mectlng, but he's
never had rcqucau fmm both parties.
But why the SK~CCY? ~h&ldn'l InforrnmUon
about en adopted person be nvallable lo that
penon?
"Cenalnly them b grawlng pressure on the
pul or wme vey vaml a&plaes lo have open
mrdr."rald enlo
"Rcnlly rmthi3%tr id htcnr me. 1
thlnk the1 cemlnly a person rhoufdn't be precluded
from maklng a search. but there should
be dellnits safeguards bull1 In and to do that. I
thlnk I1 Is incnmknt for ndopllon agenclu lo
make themrelvr~ availfible la ulk lo (the
searcher).
"The reeling 1 get Ir that pmple (adopteo)
rraned out innoccnily, but me1 wllh such oppo.1.
tlon ond hortlllty that It b@cnme n cnunda lor
them."Adnmr sald.
"Ilhlnkln almost allcnrcr, thedeclrlon loglve
Up the chlld was the mother's. Cenalnly rha
mnde It wllh a lot of pain and re rct, but It allow.
ed her to rlan over again an% have s second
chonce.
them may be times she grleva
eve:'$,""% chlld. It's a rctlled larue In her
hiugh the movement la open adoption
mrdt natlonwlde Is gmwln olflclals Involved
withndopllons ln~ni~emy
fioyknow ofno 1-1
orgnnltnllon lo old adopteer In scorch of the persons
whognvathem birth.
Netlonally. the most pmmlnent such gmup b
pmbably thc Adopteel' Ubeny Movcmcnth~
clntlon. a New York.bnredorganlutlon wllh rep
rcsenlotlvea in about hall the rlotca and seveml
lorclgn counlrles.
None of the offlec~ cnn be reached by telb
phone and thero is not ona In mine.
The oddrcsr or the nnllonnl headqunnerr Is
ALMA. P.O. Ilax 154, Warhlngton LlridgeSL1Uon,
New York. N.Y.
Normon Olsen Is n former Telegrnm surf
writer who now is exccuflvc dlreclor of he
Maine Flshcrmcn's Cwpcr~flvc Assn. ,