| On 30 December 2005, Section 98 of the
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| | adoption agencies and registered adoption
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| Adoption and Children Act 2002 came into
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| | support agencies. Such agencies
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| force in England and Wales, giving birth
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| | investigate the identities and locations
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| relatives of adopted persons the legal
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| | of sought-after family members and then
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| right to use intermediary services to
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| | approach the found individuals to
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| locate and attempt contact with their
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| | determine if they would like to have
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| adopted relatives. According to the Act,
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| | contact with the relatives who initiated
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| birth relatives include the birth
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| | the searches.The first step an
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| parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters,
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| | intermediary agency takes when it
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| uncles, and aunts of adopted persons.
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| | receives an application for intermediary
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| Section 98 also gives adopted adults the
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| | service is to verify that both the birth
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| legal right to use intermediary services
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| | relative and the adopted person are 18
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| to locate and attempt contact with their
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| | years old or older. It then must obtain
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| birth relatives.Until the early 1970s,
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| | information about the adopted adult and
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| many unmarried mothers were forced by
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| | the circumstances of the adoption from a
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| their families to place their children
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| | variety of official sources, including
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| for adoption against their wishes.
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| | the adoption agency that performed the
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| Section 98 gives these women and their
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| | adoption (or the agency that has the
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| relatives the opportunity to trace their
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| | adoption records), the Registrar General,
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| adopted family members and find out what
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| | and the involved courts. Additionally,
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| has happened to them since the adoptions
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| | the agency must determine how the adopted
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| took place. It also works the other way,
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| | adult, the adoptive parents, and any
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| enabling adopted adults to locate and
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| | other interested parties feel about being
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| learn about their birth families. In both
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| | approached by the intermediary agency
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| cases, the tool for tracing relatives is
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| | (i.e., Are they interested in being
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| intermediary services.Intermediary
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| | found, or are they willing to establish
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| services can be provided by registered
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| | contact with the birth relatives?).
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