How do I obtain medical records of my biological father.?

Question

I was adopted so my last name changed and there is no record of what my last name was.

He left my mom and I when I was about 1 when I turned ten my mom remarried and the guy she married adopted me. I asked his family for help but they said no. What can I do that it won't cost a fortune.

Biological father is dead at young age something to do with his heart so this is why I'm looking into medical history for my sake and my twin boys.

Answer 1

Medical records are so increasingly confidential, that you will have almost no chance of getting those. One lady recently had her legs/arms amputated, and the hospital is refusing to explain why. Bizarre. Normally the people with rights to medical records are the person involved, or parents IF they are a minor. If dead, next of kin.. but even that might take a court order.
Since you were adopted at age 10, you don't remember the prior name? If your mother refuses to even give you that, you are really at a brick wall. Being a genealogist, I have a hard time with that. But in all fairness to her, she may have a very good reason. I like to believe that most people are decent... but in reality, there are people in this world that are not. It is important to consider both sides.
I have an adopted son. I don't feel this way, but many adoptive parents feel hurt by searching for the bio family, or fear they will be rejected/ left out, after years of being a loving part of your life.
You might have relatives of your dad who are worth finding, and would like to know you. Not to mention tracing your ancestors. And there could be hereditary medical things that you should know. Your mom's relatives may know and be willing to tell you.. but as passionate about research as I am, I firmly believe in not creating new family feuds.

Answer 2

You won't be able to get them. A federal law prevents anyone from accessing them without the permission of the patient himself or the executor of his estate or legal next of kin (which you're not because he signed off his parental rights on you).

There is no legal right for anyone else to access them. If you want to find out information about him, you'll have to have good cause to sue to open the records and hire a lawyer to do it, or you'll have find his wife or another living adult child who has legal rights that would allow the records to be opened. Realistically, though, you will have to resign yourself to having to find another way of getting information on your biological dad.

The best suggestion is to find older family members who remember him to open up to you. Many times, you can even find school records to be very useful. If you know where you went to kindergarten through 3rd grade, see if they have records on you (which you ARE legally entitled to review), especially your original birth certificate.

The next possibility, though it's getting harder to do because of HIPAA, is to contact the hospital where you were born and say "I was the infant born to _________ on _______ and I request a copy of my admitting record and medical records from the time of my stay at birth."

Also, if you have a copy of your amended birth certificate, track down the doctor who signed it. If that doctor gave your mother prenatal care, it's very possible that s/he still has records and would be able to give you that one piece of information (your birth father's name).

The last option may cost you some money, but it's an avenue open to you if you really want the answer. On the top of your current birth certificate should be a case number from the court that ordered your change of name and change of parentage. That record was never destroyed, it was just sealed. You CAN petition to have it opened. And you can probably make a very good case for it if you were an older child stripped of her father. It's not inexpensive, but it is an increasingly common occurence.

Hope it helps...

Answer 3

understanding what i understand approximately you and your son, i might say i could be pleased with it, yet like monkeykitty83 suggested, enable them to appreciate the type you discovered the touch education first so it would not seem stalkerish (no longer asserting you're, i wish you recognize what I advise). basically questioning however... how lots does he understand approximately you? Have they informed him the clarification why you relinquished? i'm questioning if the quantity of touch might desire to be in reaction to how he feels approximately it. Like if he's on the degree the place he needs to appreciate you or if he's offended, some thing alongside those traces. Then the different subject you suggested in the previous... his sisters. Does he understand approximately them? i will understand how this is killing you yet i think of it is going to might desire to be at his %.. The worst that could ensue is they're asserting no. he would be 18 in some years and he would be unfastened to seek for you as he needs. stable good fortune. i wish all human beings would be open to the belief.

Answer 4

Leave the poor guy alone for christs sake. He left your mom and he doesn't wanna be found!! gggeeeeze

Answer 5

WHere were you adopted from??? DO you adoptive parents have any info??? HOw old are you???