State of florida adoption records

[Purplepurp21]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
I was born in 1989, at 18 I could search for my birthparents. I started the search earlier this year at age 22. However now those intentions are on hold. My heath has been less than great especially withy heart . I wanted to find out if I was ore disposed to certain heart conditions. I have been asked about runs in my family, and I can't answer. Recently my petition was denied, they say there was nothing in my file. I want to know what I can do legally. My adoption attorney passed away from cancer. Can someone be held responsible if my adoption info was lost, seeing as how they are required to keep them for 99 years. I need to fight for this, I need to Know what I can do is there anything?

 

[Banned_Princess]

if there is nothing theres nothing in your file. legal to keep it or not, will not make lost info appear out of the legal abyss.

sorry.

 

[mistoffolees]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
I was born in 1989, at 18 I could search for my birthparents. I started the search earlier this year at age 22. However now those intentions are on hold. My heath has been less than great especially withy heart . I wanted to find out if I was ore disposed to certain heart conditions. I have been asked about runs in my family, and I can't answer. Recently my petition was denied, they say there was nothing in my file. I want to know what I can do legally. My adoption attorney passed away from cancer. Can someone be held responsible if my adoption info was lost, seeing as how they are required to keep them for 99 years. I need to fight for this, I need to Know what I can do is there anything?

If there's nothing in the file, you're probably out of luck. And you probably can't sue anyone.

What I would do is treat it solely as a health issue (which is your main complaint). If you're being treated for heart problems at your age, ask to speak with a geneticist on staff. There are a lot of tests that they can do from a DNA sample to find out about genetic anomalies. They're not generally conclusive, but for some problems, they're reasonably accurate.

Good luck.

 

[nextwife]

Do realize that even children raised by a birth parent may not have access to family med histories. Example, my husband's dad died before hubby was born and had no other family outside the then Soviet Union. His mom would never share medical info. He has no family med history.

My SIL had parents whose entire families died during WW2. She has no record of family histories and what runs in them.

BTW: my kiddo was also adopted, from an orphanage, and also will never have access to family med histories. It's just one of those things you need to learn to live with. Who even knows if one or either birth parent is still alive to share any info with you? Additionally, one's medical info is considered private and you cannot compel anyone to share it so easily.

 

[LdiJ]

I agree with what everyone else has said. However, if you know anything at all about your birth parents, there are sites on the net where people reach out to each other, to try to help identify birth parents and children who were adopted.

If either of your birth parents might be looking for you, you might have a chance at finding them that way...its a very long shot, but sometimes it works.

 

[csi7]

I would try the websites for people looking for the other members of their families.
By accident, a family friend learned where a child born out of wedlock was living with adopted family through photographs shared at a community gathering. This friend kept an eye on the child growing up. After the friend passed away, the letter was given to the mother of the child without identifying the adopted family. The child had been using the websites to search for her birth mother. It took a couple more years before they met. This adoption was done in Florida.
Best wishes.
For medical history, if unknown, then go for the tests, and keep the information handy to make it easier for the next generation to pass along.

 

[NellieBly]

Run your birthdate (Variations like Jan 1, 01/01, etc) and the city (no state) of your birth through Google and see anything comes up.

Someone may be looking for you.