|
State
|
What's changed
|
Details
|
| ARIZONA |
(see note) --> |
Amended birth certificate looks like the original; no indication of an
adoption occurring. AZ adoptees may not be aware that they are adopted. |
| FLORIDA |
(date and/or city of birth) |
Changing city of birth to reflect the location of intermediary/aparents
is STILL a practice that's going on. I understand that they stopped
tampering with birthdates in *either* 1972 or 1974. I'm unable to confirm
this. |
| GEORGIA |
(date and/or birthplace, plus non-id info) |
Like FL, legally allows changing city of birth to reflect location
(county) of aparents, as well as outright lies in non-id info... including
false medical information. In addition, the state will apparently allow
changing of birthdate at the aparent's [formal] request, by more than a
YEAR. GA is a particularly nasty state in regards to adoption policies and
procedures. |
| ILLINOIS |
(date of birth) |
The adoptee who wrote had her date of birth changed to the tune of ~12+
months!! |
| INDIANA |
(date of birth) |
Also, amended birth certificate looks like the original; no indication
of an adoption occurring. IN adoptees may not be aware that they are
adopted. |
| MARYLAND |
(city of birth) |
The reunited adoptee was born in Washington, D.C., but her amended b/c
states that she was born in Maryland... home of her aparents. |
| MASSACHUSETTS |
(date of birth) |
(no other info) |
| MICHIGAN |
(date of birth) |
(no other info) |
| MINNESOTA |
(falsification of non-id info) |
(no other info) |
| NEW YORK |
dob |
dob appears to have been changed for one adoptee Janet's been in contact
with
Another says that middle name was changed, and spelling errors were made. |
| NORTH CAROLINA |
(city of birth) |
Apparently it is routine to change the city of birth to reflect the
location of the aparents, as in GA and FL. |
| RHODE ISLAND |
(*state* of birth) |
The reunited adoptee who wrote was born in MA, but her amended b/c
states that she was born in RI... home of her aparents. |
| TEXAS |
(city of birth and date of birth) |
Allows changing city, and date of birth (but not the year). |
| UTAH |
(no details) |
(no details) |
| WASHINGTON, DC |
(city of birth) |
(no other info) |
SEARCHERS BEWARE!! The likelihood that your birth certificate was falsified
beyond the norm is actually *quite* small.... but it IS a possibility. Widen
your search parameters: look for near-dates, and cities other than the one
listed on your amended birth certificate, just in case you've been a victim of
gross b/c falsification. It happens.
