Updating information in archived adoption record.................................No Fee
You are invited to provide updated contact information if you would like to be contacted should your relative search for you.
Non-identifying background or medical background information...................$200
This provides you with information about genetic and medical history as well as placement before adoption. No identifying information is given.
Search services and contact for updated information...............................$500
Our professional counselors will search diligently for your relative. With the consent of both parties, contact can be made either by correspondence without revealing identifying information or by revealing identity. This can only be done with both parties' consent. Your counselor would serve as intermediary. If a birth parent refuses contact, our professionals will seek medical update information for the adoptee.
Combined Price for the two previous services (Non-identifying background or medical background information & Search services and contact for updated information).....$600
Additional hours of professional search and counseling services........$100 per hour
Some situations require more time to search. If we are unable to locate your relative for the four hours of our contract, we will contact you. If you desire us to continue the search, this charge will then apply. It is not often that this occurs.
We respect the privacy of all involved and seek to do what is in the best interest of all members of the adoption triad when providing our services.
MEDICAL SITUATIONS: If there is a medical situation necessitating contact with a member of the adoption triad, please contact our office or complete the Request for Services form (click here for form). A signed medical statement from a physician explaining the need and urgency for the information will be requested.
Fees may be paid by personal check, money order, cashier's check, certified bank check or by charge to either Visa or MasterCard. Upon request, we will consider an installment plan. Services will not be initiated until all fees are paid in full.
How To Contact Us
Please do not hesitate to call or write us if you have any questions about the search process. Our professional staff is always pleased to help you in any way possible.
You may mail all correspondence, applications and fees to:
Adoption Archives Unit
Children's Home Society of Florida
P.O. Box 5616
Jacksonville, FL 32247
Phone: (904) 493-7780
Fax: (904) 348-2848
