Current Wisconsin law permits a small number of adopted adults to obtain their OBCs upon request—subject to a restrictive process that forces them to navigate a cumbersome, difficult, infantalizing, and insulting gauntlet of conditions, arbitrary procedures, and naysayers, The state, thus, permits favor and privilege for the few, while it continues its Draconian discriminatory policy against the remaining vast majority.
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Begging for Scraps: Wisconsin Adds DV to Already Bad Bill. Silence Ensues
Well ,surprise! Wisconsin adoptees woke up to the news this morning that Rep Paul Tittl did just like he said he would. Yesterday, Tittl introduced an amendment to his AB 579 to add a birthparent …
Continue readingWisconsin’s SB521/AB579 Will be Amended with Restrictions
We listened to this radio interview last week, with little surprise. Over the last few weeks, FB posts indicated that some Wisconsin adoptees were not only unhappy with workaround companion bills SB521/AB579 that would release the Report of Adoption court form with birthparent names included but keep OBCs sealed to protect birthparent identity. Are you confused? We are. (Remember the current bill does not contain restrictions).
Continue readingAdvocates Ask for Wisconsin Bill to Die
Five state and national adoptee rights organizations have requested that Wisconsin legislators set aside two bills that were recently heard in Senate and Assembly committees. The bills, analyzed here, seek release of a court adoption form, deliberately ignoring the issue of releasing an adopted person’s own original birth certificate.
Continue readingWhat in the World is Wisconsin Doing?
If passed, instead of receiving their Original Birth Certificates upon request, Lucky Bastards will receive a court -generated document– a copy of their Report of Adoption.form, The form is routinely sent by the court to the Wisconsin Office of Vital Statistics after an adoption is finalized, to request the Amended Birth Certificate be issued–if the adoptive parents have requested a new certificate. It includes the names of the child, birth and adoptive parents and other OBC information.
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