Post Adoption Services
With almost 90 years of experience, Marywood 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. Our post adoption staff can assist you in obtaining information about post adoption issues.
| Marywood Services | Birthparents | Adoptees | Adoptive Parents |
| A Voluntary Adoption Registry | Yes | Yes | No |
| An Update on Your Child's Progress (if available) | Yes | No | No |
| Referrals for Support Groups | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Referrals for Counseling Services | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Exchange of Correspondence | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Search and Reunion | No | Yes | Yes |
| Social/Medical History | No | Yes | Yes |
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. To start this process, request or download Marywood's Request for Service form that provides us with proof of your identity. 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.
Adoption Registry 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.
How the registry works: 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.
Searches
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: [email protected]
Please understand that Marywood is prohibited by law from disclosing information except as outlined.
