Washington

  

In Washington, access to confidential adoption records is available by court order only. The department or agency may disclose non-identifying information necessary for medical purposes upon the receipt of a verified written request for the information from the adoptive parents, the adoptee or the natural parents. 

 West's Rev. Code, Washington Ann., Domestic Relations 26.33.330. 

UPDATE:  
* Law explicitly defines non-id; encourages but does not requre agencies to give all non-id defined by law  
* Allows one to appeal in court and puts burden of proving why something defined as non-id should not be released on the withholder.  

Search and Support Groups

Grays Harbor Adoption Triangle Support Group
Mailing: 63 Bear Gulch Road
Aberdeen, WA 98520
Meeting: 320 W. Market
Aberdeen WA 98520
Telephone: (360) 533-6953
fax: (360) 533-8444
e-mail: zastrow@olynet.com

Meets 2nd Saturday of each month from 10:00 - noon.

Washington Adoptees Rights Movement
Richard Hastings
1119 Peacock Lane
Burlington, WA 98233

Adoption Search & Reconciliation
36311 249th
Enumclaw, WA 98022-6867
e-mail: sheag@oz.net

Washington Adoptees Rights Movement
Jane Belt
P.O. Box 2667
Olympia, WA 98507

Open Arms
6816-135 Court, NE
Redmond, WA 98052

Adoption Resource Center
Children's Home Society of Washington
Northwest Branch
3300 N.E. 65th Street
Seattle, WA 98115
voc: 206-524-6020

A range of post-adoptive services aimed primarily at adoptive parents and professionals, but including search and post reunion services.

SPACES (Seattle Post Adoption Counseling & Education Service)
2727 Fairview Ave. E.
Suite D.
Seattle WA 98102
Telephone: (206) 301-9807
e-mail: cbsvox@accessone.com
URL: http://www.postadopt ion.com (10/97)

A private psychotherapy practice providing support and educational services for those needs that follow adoption.
Services include:
For individuals:
Individual and group psychotherapy. Free initial consultation for individual psychotherapy. Call to sign up for group notification. Pre-contact counseling, reunion standby support and crisis intervention. Personal search assessment and planning, free search and CI referral. On-site PC/Internet access for clients.
For Mental Health Professionals:
Consultation, on-site training and education, free lending library.
For Adoption Reform Organizations:
Free facility usage for meetings, as available.

Washington Adoption Reunion Movement
5950 Sixth Avenue South, Suite 107M
Seattle WA 98108-3317
Telephone: (206) 767-9510
fax: (206) 763-4803
e-mail: warm@wolfenet.com
<URL:http://www.wolfenet.com/~ warm/>

Washington Adoptees Rights Movement
5950 6th Avenue South, Suite 107
Seattle, WA 98108
206-767-9510

Washington Adoptees Rights Movement
Robin Norman
408 SW 175th Place
Seattle, WA 98166-3758

CUB
Irene Dilley
10014 N.E. 35th Street
Vancouver, WA 98662

Touched By Adoption
205 Brock Street, #7
Walla Walla, WA 99362

Washington Adoptees Rights Movement
Debby J. Lewis
20 Hall Avenue
Yakima, WA 98902