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Accessing your post-adoption records and starting a search in Québec
I - How to go about searching for a parent or child You will need to submit a written request to the Youth Centre (Centre Jeunesse, or formerly the C.S.S.) in the region where the child was born. For a complete list of the Youth Centres, click here. (Pdf) It is essential that you follow this procedure. There are two things you should request.
If you are an adoptee looking for your birth mother, you should address your request to the Youth Centre in the region where you were adopted. This document is a synopsis with no information that would allow you to identify the person you are looking for.
The Québec Youth Centres are the only places where the adoption records are kept. As a result, they are the only people who know the identity of the people concerned. The original names and the names given at baptism are often fictitious, and thus of no use. The Youth Centres give priority to the following cases: II - Registration with Mouvement Retrouvailles If you register with Mouvement Retrouvailles before, you have the chance of finding a match if both parties are already Mouvement Retrouvailles members. If you are a Mouvement Retrouvailles member and have a request with the Youth Center, you can ask to be accompanied by Mouvement Retrouvailles during the third stage of the process, i.e. the reunion. We offer this service free of charge to our members. We have helpers who will be happy to provide you with guidance and support during this period. Do not hesitate to request this service. People are there, waiting to help you, in a completely non-judgmental setting. Remember, we are all going through the same situation, some are just more affected than others. If you would like us to mail you a membership form or further information on our organization, please contact us. Mouvement Retrouvailles - Head-office Casier postal 47002 Lévis (Québec) G6Z 2L3 Caroline Fortin, Présidente et coordonnatrice Téléphone : 418 903 9960 Téléphone : 1 888 646 1060 (sans frais) Télécopie : 418 834 9627 Download our logo tif or gif Website created by Eric Langlois © 1996-2018 Mouvement Retrouvailles. All rights reserved. |