DA> I have a friend who would like to search for his biological parents
 DA> and I have agreed to help him. I would like to find out what legal
 DA> rights he has to files held by the adoption agency concerning his
 DA> parents. Next we need to find out how to find them without paying a
 DA> fortune. Any information that anyone has on how to go about doing this
 DA> is more than I have now.Please help.
In Virginia, one can obtain abstracts of their private adoption agency file
simply by asking for it.  The State's Dept of Health file is obtained the
same way; the State has to approve all adoptions.
As far as I know, New Jersey is the same way.
... Neither of my mothers were pregnant.
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