States: Louisiana

Louisiana

 

Sealed: 1977

Unsealed:  August 1, 2022

Access Status:  Sealed

 

All Louisiana -born adoptees can obtain their OBC without restrictions or conditions. at the age of 24 (died to the state’s unique “forced heirship” law)
Genuine Contact Preference Form which does not affect the release of OBC

Louisiana’s New Equal Rights Law: FAQ from The Adoptee Rights Law Center

How to obtain your Louisiana Original Birth Certificate.   Information and forms.

Due to how adoption information is stored, the process will be MAIL IN only.

Completed forms can be mailed once the webpage goes live; however, requests cannot be processed until August 1, which is the effective date of Act 470.
____________

 

******

 

2002: Bastards by the Bayou Conference, New Orleans

 

___________

HB 450 lead sponsor Rep. Chuck Owen and long-time adoptee rights activist with Louisiana Coalition for Adoption reform and Bastard Nation friend.

 

Tyler Koch (adoptive mother), Elise Lewis (adopted person), Jeanette Livingston (first mother)

Louisiana Gang, March 28, 2022

After the vote, March 28, 2022.: Tyler Koch, Elise Lewis, Karin Babin, HB 450 Sponsor Rep. Charles Owen, Linda Woods, Jeanette Livingston, Della Pressler   (Courtesy of  Elise Lewis)

L

LINKS

For more updates and more news stories go 

the Louisiana Coalition for Adoption Reform on Facebook.

 

2023

Adopted Louisianans celebrate La. law granting access to original birth certificates, KALB-TV, April 12, 2023

 

2022

Access to original birth certificates restored for adoptees in Louisiana, WGNO-TV, August 1, 2022

2018

2016

2014

2004

###

VIDEOS

link]

 

Updated August 6, 2022

Return to list of states.

Leave a comment

*

*

Share This!