Adoption Search

Recent changes in Kentucky’s law now make access to some information easier. Motivation to search varies for each individual. Under Kentucky’s current law, the Department for Community Based Services is able to conduct birth parent searches and provide certain background information to adult adoptees, birth relatives and other professionals in the field of adoption.

Nonidentifying information is available upon written request from the requestor. Identifying information is available only if the adult adoptee (over 21 years old), birth parents and birth siblings each consent. All requests for information from adoption records must be submitted to the agency that placed the adoptee or to the circuit court that finalized the adoption.

For more information, contact the following:

Toll Free Numbers: 
1-800-928-4303
1-800-432-9346

Frankfort Office:
(502) 564-2147

Cabinet for Health and Family Services
DCBS/Adoption Branch
275 E. Main Street, 3 C-E
Frankfort, KY  40621

Other Resources

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
11426 Rockville Pike, Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: (301) 231-6512