Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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New Court Forms
Court of Appeals Reversal
New CDHS Rule
December 18, 2009 (Denver, CO): In a historic first, the State Court Administrator's office has created a form for statewide use which will allow members of the adoption triad and their families to request records through the court system.
    The Colorado Court of Appeals has made original birth certificates and adoption records available to Colorado adoptees whose adoptions were finalized between July 1, 1951 and July 1, 1967. The mandate, issued May 25, 2009, reversed an order that would have required 44 year old Jeff Hannasch to hire a court-appointed Confidential Intermediary (CI) to obtain records.

  December 4, 2009  (Denver, CO) The Colorado State Board of Human Services today gave final approval to a new emergency rule approved November 6.  The rule allows the Department to release adoption records in their custody in compliance with Colorado's recent Court of Appeals Ruling. This will allow access for those adopted through the State Home for Dependent and Neglected Children, the Colorado Children's Home, and County Social Service Agencies. It also applies to licensed child placement agencies and maternity homes,   

Prime Time Reunion Shows

CW's critically acclaimed Life Unexpected premiered Jan. 18, 2010.  The main character, Lux (whose name means "light"), has spent her sixteen year life in foster care. Her mother relinquished her at age 16 under the belief she would be adopted, but a congenital heart condition made her difficult to adopt. Her birth father knows nothing about her until she finds him in the course of seeking emancipation from her foster parents.      

Troy Dunn, known as The Locator , appeared on Oprah! February 18, 2010 to discuss the importance of finding closure in lost relationships.  Dunn got started in the search and reunion business by helping his mother, an adoptee, search for her roots. 

ABC's Find My Family ran for a six-week initial contract at the end of 2009. The show's website said it was returning in 2010, but has vanished from abc.go.com with no further information.Find My Family co-hosts Tim Green and Lisa Joyner are both adoptees who have experienced the challenges, heartaches and joys of their own search and reunion process.
 Tim Green (photo: ABC.com)Lisa Joyner (photo: ABC.com) (photos: www.abc.go.com)

Read more: Prime Time Reunion Shows

 

Welcome!

Adoptees in Search - Colorado's Triad Connection (established in 1975) is an all-volunteer community made up of adoptees, parents by birth and adoption, supportive family members and friends, counselors, and adoption professionals.  Our Mission is to bring truth, education and healing to those impacted by relinquishment and adoption.

We are supported solely by donations and member dues. Please see our FAQ  and About Us links for more information about how you can:
- volunteer
- get involved with efforts to restore unrestricted access to adoption records for adults named on those records
- give back to say "thanks" for ways you may have benefited from our work over the years.

We are united around the following principles:



Read more: Welcome!

 

New Book

AIS-CTC extends our warmest congratulations to our own Nikki McCaslin on her new book!

Finding Our Place: 100 Memorable Adoptees, Fostered Persons and Orphanage Alumni is a meticulously researched collection of historical portraits told from the perspective of someone who is both an adoptee and adoptive parent. 

Biographies include people who made their mark in art, music, film, philosophy, politics, literature and science throughout time.

Details which might be overlooked by someone outside the adoption triad make this book a unique testament to the human spirit in the face of obstacles and adversity.

Read more: New Book

   

Featured Links

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AFAAD Statement on Haiti
The Lie We Love
The Lie We Love
New Music Video from DMC and Zara Phillips
New Music Video from DMC and Zara Phillips
For the Life of Me Premieres at CO Film Festival
For the Life of Me Premieres at CO Film Festival
Denver Post Front Page
Denver Post Front Page
Australian Prime Minister Issues Public Apology
Australian Prime Minister Issues Public Apology

Upcoming Events

Community and Registry Access

Notable Quotes

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" ...simply to give children away, or to take children when there is no emergency, produces great guilt. Adoption is justified when there's no one to take the children...[but] when children are adopted capriciously, and taken away from their parents and grandparents, it is an injustice." - Bert Hellinger, in Acknowledging What Is

"I was born to a woman I never knew and raised by another who took in orphans.  I do not know my background, my lineage, my biological or cultural heritage.  But when I meet someone new, I treat them with respect.  For, after all, they could be my people." - James Michener

"In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we come from.  Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning.  No matter what our attainments in life, there is a vacuum and emptiness and a most disquieting loneliness" - Alex Haley

"The country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it..."  - Abraham Lincoln, Inaugural Address (1861)

"Far from being the passive protohuman of early developmental studies, an infant has a direct experience of relationships and subsequently the self...the foundational attachments made in early life are powerfully influential on later relationships." - Balswick, J., King, P., and Reimer, S. in The Reciprocating Self

AIS-CTC Registry

NEW! You can now join the free online AIS/CTC reunion registry directly by logging in and providing information about yourself and the person(s) you are seeking. We will never sell your information to anyone. We will only disclose your information to the person(s) you are looking for. In order to help us minimize SPAM and computer generated messages, registration involves these steps:

1) Create a login account by providing basic information and establishing your password.You will receive an electronic response from AIS/CTC.
2) Click on the link we send from the email address you provide in order to confirm your registration. 
3) Once you confirm your registration, the registry administrator will approve and enable your account, usually within 24-48 hours. You will receive a second email from AIS/CTC informing you that your account is now active. 
4) From the AIS/CTC homepage, use your login name and password and click on the "Login" button.  You will still be on the home page, but if you scroll back down the page, you will notice a greeting with your username. Click on "My Profile" to see what you've already entered, or click on "Edit My Profile" to make changes or add more detailed information about yourself and the person(s) for whom you are searching. See our FAQ section, or contact us for more help.

By joining this registry, you certify and acknowledge that you:

  • Are over the age of 18 and are the person named as the registrant or their legal representative.

  • Consent to the release of your name and contact information in the event of a possible match.

  • Agree to hold harmless Adoptees in Search - The Colorado Triad Connection, its Board, and its members from any results, errors, omissions or failure to notify any party. Please remember to update your contact information if it changes.

  • Understand that AIS/CTC makes no guarantees regarding the outcome of any registration, search and reunion. We will do everything we can to verify matches and contact people in a timely manner.  However, because we are a volunteer organization, we operate under the constraints of certain variables and limitations.

  • Please note that this registry is limited to births, adoptions and relinquishments which took place in Colorado. See our Search links for other more comprehensive online registries.

    To begin the process, click on the following link:

By clicking here, I affirm that I understand and agree to the above terms and conditions.

Thank you for becoming part of our community!