States: Vermont

Vermont

Sealed: 1946

Access Status: Unsealed July 1, 2023

  • All Vermont-born adoptees can obtain a certified copy of their OBC without restriction or conditions at the age of 18
  • Children and descendants of adoptees can obtain a certified copy of OBC if the adoptee is deceased
  • Law contains non-binding Contact Preference Form
  • Court records available  by court order only via the Vermont Adoption Registry

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Vermont’s Equal Rights Law A FAQ  (Adoptee Rights Law Center)

Official Website for the Vermont Adoption Registry– information and forms

 

Through a special arrangement with the Adoptee Rights Law Center, Bastard Nation is linking our individual state pages to ARLC state access law links and summaries. In addition. our state pages include information specific to Bastard Nation actions and activities in each state and about current OBC access.

Read about current OBC access legislation with links to current and past years’ bills at our”Keep Informed” legislative pages (middle sidebar.)

 

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The circuitous route to your Vermont OBC …Courtesy of Greg Luce and the Adoptee Rights Law Center

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  • Vermont Adoptee Rights Working Group: Rebecca Dragon, Ellie Lane, Rebekah Hensen, March 9, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Rebeca Dragon)
Annette O’Connell (Bastard Nation Executive Committee and Spokesperson for the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition) and Claud Corrigan D’Arcy (Associate Executive Director of Communications at Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York, Vermont State House, April 8, 2022 (Photo courtesy of Claud D’Arcy

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Updated:  July 3, 2023

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