Post Adoption

Marywood has 80 plus years of experience! We can help with your post adoption questions.

Marywood believes that adoption is a lifelong experience. Birthparents, adoptees, and adoptive parents have questions long after an adoption has been finalized. Marywood has post adoption staff
that can assist you in obtaining information about post adoption issues.

Marywood Services	Birthparents	Adoptees	Adoptive Parents
A voluntary adoption registry	yes	yes	n/a
An update on your child's progress, if available	yes	n/a	n/a
Referrals for support groups	yes	yes	yes
Referrals for counseling services	yes	yes	yes
Exchange of correspondence	yes	yes	yes
Search and reunion	n/a	yes	yes
Social/medical history	n/a	yes	n/a

If you are an adoptive parent or an adult adoptee, you have the legal right to receive all available information about the social and medical history of the birth family. You may start this process by using Marywood's Request for Service form, which will provide us with proof of your identity. Or you may call Marywood and ask that a form be sent to you. This form is required before we can release the information to you.

If you are a birth parent, or if you know important information about a birth parent, particularly information of a medical nature, we strongly encourage you to communicate that information to us. We will make every reasonable effort to furnish that information to the adoptive parents or to the adoptee.

If you desire contact or information about a birth child, birth parent, or birth sibling, we strongly urge you to register with Marywood’s Adoption Registry. This is a process which is set forth in the Texas Family Code. If you would like to have a copy of the statutes, we will be glad to provide them.

If you and your birth child, birth parent, or birth sibling both register, then there will be a "match." If there is a match, both parties must receive one hour of counseling before we disclose any information. This requirement is mandated by law.

After counseling and carefully considering your options, you may wish to pursue further contact. The decision is yours, and we will respect your choice. We will not disclose any identifying information to the other party until we have your written permission.

If you choose not to register, please help us by staying in touch so that we can keep your current address in our files. Adoption is a life long experience, and situations may arise in which we need to contact you.

Marywood may be able to use the information in the files to find the person with whom you desire contact. We will search on behalf of an adult adoptee for his or her birth mother.

If you have a request for services, outside the scope of these profiled, please make your request in writing and be very specific. Use the Request for Service Form or e-mail: postadopt@marywood.org.

Please understand that Marywood is prohibited by law from disclosing information except as outlined.