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| Adoptee | A person that is adopted |
| Adoption | A legal process that transfers parents rights and responsibilities from birth parents to adopted parents |
| Adopted Parent | A person who legally assumes parenta rights and responsibilities for a person |
| Adoption Decree: | The legal document filed upon finalization of an adoption that makes the child the legal child of the dopted parents. The decree may also set forth a new name |
| Agency Adoption: | An adoption handled and coordinated by a licensed public or private adoption agency |
| Birth Certificate: |
Original - issued at birth, records information including the identify of the birth parent(s) and the name given to the individual whose birth is recorded |
| Amended Certificate | issued upon finalization of adoption, records information including the identity of the adoptive parents) whose name(s) now replace that of the birth parent(s) on the certificate. It also sets forth the new name (if changed) of the individual whose birth the certificate represents. This becomes the legal birth certificate, and the original is sealed. |
| Amended | issued upon finalization of adoption, records information including the identity of the adoptive parents) whose name(s) now replace that of the birth parent(s) on the certificate. It also sets forth the new name (if changed) of the individual whose birth the certificate represents. This becomes the legal birth certificate, and the original is sealed. |
| BIRTH MOTHER/BIRTH FATHER | The individuals who helped conceive and/or gave birth to a child and who subsequently relinquished custody of the child and legal parental rights, or whose rights were legally severed. |
| BLACK MARKET ADOPTION | An illegal practice in which a child is transferred from a birth family to an adoptive family. Records may be falsified. and usually large sums of money are involved. |
| CONTACT | Communication at the end of a search. It may be through an intermediary or direct, and may involve written information, telephonic communication, or face to face contact. |
| COURT OF JURISDICTION | The court having power to preside over a certain category of individuals or allegations. Typically this court maintains control over court related documents |
| INDEPENDENT ADOPTION | Any adoption where the primary agent is an attorney, rather than an agency. It also includes adoptions where birth parents relinquish directly to the adoptive parents |
| INTERMEDIARY | One who conducts a search and/or makes contact on behalf of an adoptee, adoptive parent or birth parent in a search. An intermediary is often used to protect privacy. Some states have court appointed or certified intermediaries. |
| INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION: | Commonly referred to as foreign adoption in the past, international adoption is the preferred term. It references adoptions where a citizen of one country is placed for adoption in another country |
| OBC | Original Birth Certificate |
| OPEN ADOPTION | An adoption in which all parties have awareness of the identity of the other parties, and may maintain varying degrees of contact. |
| OPEN PLACEMENT | A practice whereby some identifying information is exchanged and a face to face meeting between birth and adoptive parents takes place at the time of placement. |
| OPEN RECORDS | Unrestricted access by all triad members to adoption-related information contained in the adoption file. |
| REUNION REGISTRY | A passive search system in which triad members may be matched and/or reunited with other registered members of the triad. |
| RELINQUISHMENT | Sometimes referred to as surrender, it is a legal process whereby the child is released by the birth family, freeing the child for adoption. |
| SEVERANCE | A legal process whereby parental rights are dissolved by the court of jurisdiction. |
| TRIAD/TRIAD MEMBERS | The three categories of individuals who are directly involved in an adoption including the birth parents, the adoptee, and the adoptive parents.
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Social Security Numbers - The first three digits tell you what state issued the SSN - this does not indicate it is the state of birth of the individual
001-003 |
New Hampshire |
004-007 |
Maine |
008-009 |
Vermont |
010-034 |
Massachusetts |
035-039 |
Rhode Island |
040-049 |
Connecticut |
050-134 |
New York |
135-158 |
New Jersey |
159-211 |
Pennsylvania |
212-220 |
Maryland |
221-222 |
Delaware |
223-231 |
Virginia |
232-236 |
West Virginia |
237-246 |
North Carolina |
247-251 |
South Carolina |
252-260 |
Georgia |
261-267 |
Florida |
268-302 |
Ohio |
303-317 |
Indiana |
318-361 |
Illinois |
362-386 |
Michigan |
387-399 |
Wisconsin |
400-407 |
Kentucky |
408-415 |
Tennessee |
416-424 |
Alabama |
425-428 |
Mississippi |
429-432 |
Arkansas |
433-439 |
Louisiana |
440-448 |
Oklahoma |
449-467 |
Texas |
468-477 |
Minnesota |
478-485 |
Iowa |
486-500 |
Missouri |
501-502 |
North Dakota |
503-504 |
South Dakota |
505-508 |
Nebraska |
509-515 |
Kansas |
516-517 |
Montana |
518-519 |
Idaho |
520 |
Wyoming |
521-524 |
Colorado |
525,585 |
New Mexico |
526-527 |
Arizona |
528-529 |
Utah |
530 |
Nevada |
531-539 |
Washington |
540-544 |
Oregon |
545-573 |
California |
574 |
Alaska |
575-576 |
Hawaii |
577-579 |
District of Columbia |
580 |
Virgin Islands |
580-584 |
Puerto Rico |
586 |
Guam |
586 |
American Somoa |
586 |
Philippine Islands |
700-728 |
Railroad Board** |
The same area, when shown more than once, means that certain numbers have been transferred from one State to another, or that an area has been divided for use among certain geographic locations.
Any number beginning with 000 will NEVER be a valid SSN.
The information in the Social Security records about an individual is confidential by law and cannot be disclosed except in certain very restricted cases permitted by regulations. After an individual is deceased you can obtain a copy of the Social Security Benefits and Copy of the Application for a fee of $21.00 per request. - = New areas allocated, but not yet issued
700-728 Issuance of these numbers to railroad employees was discontinued July 1, 1963.
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