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

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Jr~clgc ~a~rj"Woalau
May Learn Iiler~riliea
. Of .Natuwal ,. , P9renls:
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ny ~oac~ii~ D. Whllnknr ',
, ,W.~I~.IOI pmt 81.1t wr!t*r
,.: In ,a,polenlinlly. landmark d~cl.
don, a Takoma Park woman who
.war adopted as a child hw beon
glvcn pcrmlssio~l ld'sce her sealed ;
hlrth records and learn tho identi- :
I tles of her natural parents. . ..
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Judge's ICulir~g Gives Adopee
Access to Seuled Birtl Recol0ds
slalcr, who nlsa ms ndoPlcd, ,dld not
Jnln pln ll~e suit that lcd to ~dd?y'a
rullng. , ,
Ill llcr requcal. Drlnkcr lold 11 the
courl lllnl she has wnnlcd lo know.Ihc
Idcnllt~ of hcr nnlurnl pnrcnls and
somc older brolhnrn and slslcrs alncc
her' cnrly lccns. Shc said (hot nnl
knowlng lhc dctnlls of he Intnlly back.
firnund loft hcr confused, tihe blso
sald rille wns conccrned n3oul poaslblc
hcrcdllary dlncnaca' or hcnllh prnl).
lcms lllnt mlghl aflccl lrer chlldrcn. ;
Sl~c nlsa lold 'lhc courl thnl her
adopllvc pnrcllls had told llcr all Ll~cy
knew alroul hcr nnlural lamlly nnd,
Illnl lhcY fully supporl her clfurla lo
oblnln.moro lnfarmntlon. 1 .
nr nlll~ll, lllc arlt'rrsnry In lhls cnse ns
wc wc1.r llle intnrmnnl." Dorrch soid.
"Wc prcscnlrd ncvcrnl t~roplc In lllc
flcld 01 nclo~~llon ilurlng lhc corc 10
Iry lo ilolnl oul Ibnl nntc~rnl IPI.CIS
were promlscd nnonyn~lly at tllc tlmc
of Illc ndul~llon." I)orrrl# snld. .'oer
llosllloll wns lhnl ~rnslill~l ll~c ndoplcc
lllc rlglll lo opcn scalcrl rcconln roul~l
~nnrll~ly vlolalc rlfil~ln 01 tltr blrlh por.
enh!'
In hcl' dcrlslon. .lud:c c;rrc!l look
lnlo ennrldcr#tlo~~ lhc ~I(CI.CYIS of fl~c
ndo~llve pnt.i'lllr, ll~c 18nlurnI parcllls
nnd Ihc ndol~lcd chlld. I\,I~II llcr ~UIIIIC
RlvlrlU lllc ercnlcsl nnlolllrl of nclglll
In nr~ulnculs mndc by the ndoplcc.
"TI~crc is no cnso law in Ihc Dlslrir~l
of Colunlbln lo guldc lllls court In ~le.
lcrn~lnlllg wllcll~cr lo subordl11111c n
flo~all. IIlc ~88l~Inl11 rorpnrallon hl1:lll f~nl.cnl'n tnlcrcsf III prlvocy lo
IIIUII~I!~. mnld sllc wnq '.IIOI dlslurbcd" the n~loplco'n lntcrefil in aecklng 111s
IIY Illc ludgc'a dccislan. "\\'c nrye' I~I~lllll~," she wrote. ". . . l.11~ court Is
I ??I tl~crcfsrc lnlpcllcd lo find In ll~ls cnsr
Illnl Illc prlvnry intcrcsls 01 OIC III~III
PnrClIIR mu81 how lo Ihc lnlcrcal nt
llle nllslrlac. . . ~-
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r\rcardlnu lo llrlnkrr, who wnn 11al
IP for ndol~tiol~ wllh her hvln slslrr In
105D, her c~~rlsslly nboul her 1o111lly
I~sck~rountl hcvnn~e nn nll.~~ul lnvcsll.
6nll011 Ibrco ).cnrs nas whcn hcr sbr.
and clllll wns b~srn.
"I bnd no ldciok.tlnl klnd ol hclr-rl.
IIY l~cnlll~ 11rol11c111s nly PIIIIII~CII
nlll:lll IIC up ngnlnsl." shc snld. "I
Wml le lny nlfo~tivc 11nre111s nnil nll
lllr~ cullld lcll rnc wnn lhnl lny 11nr.
cnln tt'rre mnrrlcd and that I IID~F
ncvcrnl oldcr brull~cra nllrl slslrrs.'.
"NuW I Ilul~c I wlll hnrc IIlr rlln~~vc
lo mrel ll~cm nll." allc nnld yrslcrdny.
"1 lI1I11k lhnl If I 11a1l glscn a cllild up
lllr nlloi~llun I sollld fccl a tcnsr of
rcllcl ir Ihc child lo1111d nlc."