Mary Jo Lindeberg is 81, but she has never stopped wondering: Who is she, really? She was born in St. Paul, just weeks after Pearl Harbor. She was adopted by an oral surgeon and his office nurse. They ...

About 2,000 children are placed for adoption in Minnesota every year. When a new law takes effect next year, the Minnesota Department of Health says more than 85% of the birth records it has on file ...

CHASKA, Minn. — A new state law could give answers to life-long questions for adopted people in Minnesota. Starting July 1, adopted people 18 years and older will be eligible to request a copy of ...

After 85 years, adopted Minnesotans regain access to their birth records In 1939, birth records for adopted children in the state went dark with an “act relating to vital statistics.” After decades of ...

LANSING, MI – Erica Curry Van Ee was born in Ohio, but until 2015 she couldn’t get a copy of her birth certificate. That’s because she was adopted, and Ohio then – like Michigan now – didn’t let ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A busy 2023 legislative session has ushered in 77 new Minnesota laws this, but it will take nearly a year before one landmark law change impacts adoptees and their birth parents. On July ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — A new state law took effect Monday in Minnesota opening access to original birth records for all adopted people 18 years and older, offering thousands of Minnesotans a wealth of ...