Who may request a search on the Adoption of Children Register?
The public may, upon payment of a fee, request a search on the Adoption of Children Register.
Is a birth certificate still required as evidence of birth following an adoption?
No. The certified copy of any entry in the Adoption of Children Register is evidence of the adoption to which it relates and also evidence of the date of the birth of the child to which it relates in all respects as though the same were a certified copy of an entry in the Register of Births
How does one obtain a certified copy of the adoption entry?
Upon application to the Registrar a certified copy of the register may be provided to any person.
How is an adoption registered?
Adoption Orders are made by the Court. The Adoption Board then communicates the adoption order to the Registrar who maintains the Adoption of Children Register.
After the registration of an adoption is the original birth registration accessible?
Once the Adoption Order is received from the Court the registration is done as required by the Act.
The Registrar closes the original registration and there is no further access except by Order of the Court.