Adoption records
Intermediary agencies
You can use an intermediary agency to help you trace a birth relative if you were adopted or you바카라 사이트™re related to someone who has been adopted. The fee for the service depends on the agency.
You can use an intermediary agency if:
- you were adopted before 30 December 2005
- a relative of yours (including a relative by adoption) was adopted before 30 December 2005
When an intermediary agency finds a person, you can only contact them if they agree to it. If they don바카라 사이트™t agree, the agency won바카라 사이트™t tell you their name or whereabouts but might be able to share some information, like:
- their domestic or family circumstances
- their general health and well-being
If you don바카라 사이트™t want to be contacted
Adopted people and birth relatives can use the Adoption Contact Register to say that they don바카라 사이트™t want to be contacted.
Tell your agency and register a veto if you don바카라 사이트™t want to be approached by an intermediary agency. There are 2 types of veto called an 바카라 사이트˜absolute veto바카라 사이트™ and a 바카라 사이트˜qualified veto바카라 사이트™.
An 바카라 사이트˜absolute veto바카라 사이트™
This means an intermediary agency can바카라 사이트™t approach you under any circumstances (your adoption agency can still pass on information to you, for example about a hereditary medical condition or details of an inheritance).
A 바카라 사이트˜qualified veto바카라 사이트™
This means you can say when you would be prepared to be contacted, for example you could say that an approach on behalf of your birth parent wouldn바카라 사이트™t be acceptable, but an approach by a sibling would.
More help and information
For further information on intermediary services you can contact:
- the adoption team at
- a voluntary adoption agency
- an adoption support agency