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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:windowtext">Greg,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:windowtext">In WA we have this system of confidential intermediaries.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:windowtext">RCW 26.33.343 Search for birth parent or adopted child—Confidential intermediary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:windowtext">This is from Iowa: Accessing Adoption Records - https://dhs.iowa.gov/adoption-records<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:windowtext">It seems like a good starting place since it is state info and not someone selling help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On Behalf Of </b>Gregory L. Gilday<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 9, 2017 3:38 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Off topic - birth parent search<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I have a client who was adopted and is interested in tracking down her birth parents and biological siblings. Can anyone recommend a company that might be able to assist in something like that? She was born
in 1949 in Des Moines, Iowa. <br>
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