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

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Dcccntber 8, 1981
i Lawyer says
/ mu* be secret
By lbn Dalmlf
L.pdM&baHMI
lnlcd lawyer for thc
m!uri!urtl;l"!gr
of James Granl
onca rgalnGlir4lX;lick~
son unty judge not loopn tho adop
Uon records of the Kansas Cltyborn
adoplee dyh ol bone marrow can.
CQ.
*(the
nnlurnl molher and her
reteislng ihe -name d Ule natural
mothcrfa (Mr. Ceor el.
"She lus rquat d anon pI1y.h;:
hu blood lmM, and her aughkr a
mil hu, a d reuentdv that she wlll
ncvv rrlcm Uie namiol the natural
I father lo an one. 111s IotnUy Inappropd.te
thrt fter name tm released Lo
(I&. Cmrge) or anyoneelse."
Mr. Ceorge, a Seyw9ld MIml
mmputa systems wwultant with
chmntr mvelocvUc leukernla. ~. has .
been fightlng Lo opn hh sdopllon reecrdc
for more than 14 months. Under
Mlsrourl law, adopUm mordscmbe
opcnedonly by court order. '
He wmbb rn hk ad Ilon mcorda
m he em uk hln natura "P mother and
hsy slster, and the man alleged (o bc
hh IaVKI, 10 help Nm find a fnmll
memkt with bone mrrrow cnmpad
blo lor r Lranrplant (o help prolong hls
We. IllsdlscaseL,lnremlsslon.
Bsf Mr. Curley rald In hh wrltlen
closlng ugumcnl Ulal MI. George
'ahasfrUal todcmonslralc inmy way
that hla medlcal condlUcn can bo lm.
I proved by dlsdotlng the name of hla
~turrlmok." -
1 . 'Ihuc wu no malch when a blood
sample Imm Mr. Cmrge war corn.
pared 10 blood sam lu from hb nalu.
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ral mother and hal!alster M month,
'Ihc man named in adopflon records
rn Mr. CCOr @'a IaUler denld pai
lernllv pnd m f d to hava Na blood
But lul uwk, Mr. George'# lawycr.
Judllh Shlup, onca a nln appcnted to
Judge Gene ~ lotthe n ~UVenllE Dl.
vlslon oI Jacbn County Clreult ,
, Cwrtloowntherecordsand IveMr. , i
~mrge oatha srme portlutlty .UI~I , .. .
one who is not adopl~alrcedy har - . ( . '. .'
Iha op rtunlly lo seek 1101 from
thmcw%ln hls hlotanicallamflu.~~ ...
htr. curley atmngii;icSnsn~,~
'Ihe murt has alread dono what
(~r. hrge) seka to db. n o only
f
U1ln8 left would bo a cocrclveclforl by I
(Mr. Oeorgc) or sommno on hls be. ,
hall. % he or Ute Judlclal process
I for such a result is unlhlnkahle,"Mr.
Curley sald in hlncloslngargumcnL
Mlet nviewtn tha plcadln s of
MS. md ftr. ~urle . fudge
Martin wlU decide whcXer Mr.
Ccorge har shown the compcllln~ clr.
cumstantea nmM
toovcrrldo Iha
I tlght oI confldenllxy ot hLr natural
molher. hb half alder md the man
deged (o bc hls fathu.
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'auop aq ltnw ajou qmw pjrr tnq '
la oqt JOJ smjnlar leuoltcalsj Bu!p!mjd qo( poo*
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! 26 years old, .
twins , ineel.. , . .
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1 I Associated Prcsa
LOWELL - Ruth Johntoand Alllsog
~IIchcII Erb arc twin slslcts, and like many 1
1 twins lhcy hove lnkcn parallcl courser through i
I liic. Eacli ir a hairdresser. Each has two ehll- ..
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dren, and each has a daughter named Kristen. :
i I But until a rcunlon last week lhry usere lotal ;
rlrangrrs.Thcy wcretrparnted at blrth .. 26 years .. :
ago.
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Ma. Johnson of Luwcll, now divorced, and ,
hlrs. Erh of Watctvlllc, Malnc, cnch sought the
, , othcr after wrdch!ng the same scgmcnt ol the
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snmc nyndlcatcd tclcvlrlon ..-. talk show.
' 1 Thcy wcrc nunlled - flrrl by lrlep)~onelnst
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Wedncsclay night-,and tlrcn In ptrron In Low.
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ell on Frlday night. Thcy'vc bwn In conslant
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I t contacl rlnm the lnlllal lelcphone call.
The ldentlcal twlns wcre born premnlurcly
on March 21, 1953 at a Porlsmoulh, N.11., hospl-
1 tal. Each wclghcd lcaa than 2 pounds. They wore
- glvcn up for ndopllon. hlrs. Erb did not learn
I I the hnd I twln slslcr urrlll rhc was 18.
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Last Jrtnc both watched lhc Phll Donahue
Show on lclcvislon and heard guest Lee Camp
bell, loundcr 01 Conccrncd Unlled Elrtl~parents.
$rb culled thc lclcvislun alntlon lmmc.
dinlcly, arid hls. Johnson wrotc to Donahuc and
Cnmpbrll: Thc Cun'rerncd Vtllled Dlrlhparenla
\haplrr In Milford. Mnsa., cllecked horpltal rc.
cords In Portsmuutl, with Informallon the wow 1
cn suppllcd.
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i.rrl rrrauau
fes, shows 111
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