Hello Dawn,
DA>I have a friend who would like to search for his biological parents and
DA>I have agreed to help him. I would like to find out what legal rights he
DA>has to files held by the adoption agency concerning his parents. Next we
DA>need to find out how to find them without paying a fortune. Any
DA>information that anyone has on how to go about doing this is more than I
DA>have now.Please help.
I am not a lawyer, nor am I from NJ, so am not familiar with the NJ
laws.  But, your friend is entitled to receive his *non-identifying*
information from the adoption agency.  Many times, there is enough
information to begin a search.  Legally, he will have to petition the
Probate court that handled his adoption to open the records.  If his
b-mom or father has not filed, he will again have to petition the court
to have a CI appointed and the CI will do the leg work.
I wish your friend all the best of luck.        Lynn
 * SLMR 2.1a * . Try genealogy.  You can't get fired and you can't quit.
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