FARR -- Florida Adoption Reunion Registry

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Florida Adoption Reunion Registry -- FARR

International Soundex Reunion Registry -- ISRR

Florida Adoption Reunion Registry -- FARR

Obtaining Non-Identifying Information

Waivers of Confidentiality

Updating Your Information

The State of Florida maintains a mutual consent registry called the
Florida Adoption Reunion Registry (FARR). (See note below.)

Adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents may register.
There is a $35.00 (waivable) registration fee.
A copy of your driver's license or notarized proof of identification is required, and you must state your role in this adoption (adoptee, adoptive parent, or birth mother or father).
When you call, ask about Florida's Confidential Intermediary (CI) Program and counseling.

For information on how to register or to request a registration form, contact FARR at:

850-922-6234 or 850-488-8000


	The International Soundex Reunion Registry -- ISRR
ISRR is the world's largest and most successful mutual consent reunion registry and is a free service. Download their registration form today!

Notes

All citations on this page were taken from 2001 Florida Statutes, found at the "Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature", Online Sunshine; http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=Ch0063/ch0063.htm

The Florida Adoption Reunion Registry -- "The department shall maintain a registry with the last known names and addresses of an adoptee and his or her parents whose consent was required under s. 63.062, and adoptive parents and any other identifying information that the adoptee, parents whose consent was required under s. 63.062, or adoptive parents desire to include in the registry."...."The registry shall be open with respect to all adoptions in the state, regardless of when they took place. The registry shall be available for those persons choosing to enter information therein, but no one shall be required to do so." Fla. Stat. ch. 63, section 165 (2001)

Fees -- "The department may charge a reasonable fee to any person seeking to enter, change, or use information in the registry. The department shall deposit such fees in a trust fund to be used by the department only for the efficient administration of this section." Fla. Stat. ch. 63, section 165 (2) (2001)

Proof of Identification -- "Anyone seeking to enter, change, or use information in the registry, or any agent of such person, shall present verification of his or her identity and, if applicable, his or her authority." Fla. Stat. ch. 63, section 165 (1) (2001)

Confidential Intermediary -- "The court may, upon petition of an adult adoptee, for good cause shown, appoint an intermediary or a licensed child-placing agency to contact a birth parent who has not registered with the adoption registry pursuant to s. 63.165 and advise them of the availability of same." Fla. Stat. ch. 63, section 162 (7) (2001). (Lorraine Kratz, a Records Center Manager with the Office of Vital Statistics in Jacksonville, Florida, stated in an email to me the following: "An order appointing an intermediary must come from the same court in which the adoption was entered. We do typically suggest that court fees may be costly and the adult adoptee might first wish to consider registering with the Florida Adoption Reunion Registry (F.A.R.R.) to determine if a parent has already registered." -- more info about this coming soon.)

Counseling -- The department and agencies shall make counseling available for a fee to all persons seeking to use the registry, and the department shall inform all affected persons of the availability of such counseling. Fla. Stat. ch. 63, section 165 (2) (2001)

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