Kentucky State Vital Records Office Office of Vital Statistics 275 East Main Street Frankfort, KY 40621 (502) 564-4212 Make check or money order payable to Kentucky State Treasurer.

Overview of Kentucky Adoption Information

In Kentucky, birth parents are asked at the time of the adoption whether they consent to the release of identifying information to their sons and daughters upon attaining adulthood. If there is written consent in the file, identifying information will be released to the adult adoptee (age 21). Consent may be given or revoked at any time by the birth parent(s).

If such consent is not on file, an adoptee may ask the Court to search for his or her birth parents. The Court must do so. If such contact results in consent, the adoptee may see the records. Otherwise, adoption records may only be opened by court order.

Adoptees 18 years of age or older may register with the Cabinet for Human Resources their desire to have contact with "pre-adoptive siblings." If the siblings register, and are eighteen years of age or older, identifying information will be released.

For sibling registry information, contact: Cabinet for Human Resources Department for Social Services 275 East Main Street, 6th Floor West Frankfort, Kentucky 40621 Telephone: (502) 564-2136

Ky. Rev. Stat. 199.572 et seq.

Kentucky Birth Index
Birth/Amended Names:	By amended name only
Public Access:	Birth Records in Huge Volume Books/Microfiche can be found at State Capital in Frankfort, KY. Public libraries in Jefferson Co. (Louisville) and Fayette Co. (Lexington) also have indices along with Univ. of KY Main Library in Lexington. Call for access in smaller counties.