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Birthright law to go into effect Jan. 1 granting adoptees access to birth certificates

A new law will go into effect Jan. 1, 2017 in New Jersey that will unseal the birth records of hundreds of thousands of adoptees. Adoption records have been sealed in Trenton since the 1940s, making

News 12 Staff

Dec 31, 2016, 12:26 AM

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