intermediary program open only to adoptees

as of January 1, 2008, fourteen states offer an intermediary program only to adult
adoptees; in nine of these 14 states (those marked with a ©), the law requires
the adoptee to demonstrate "good cause" to the court:

Florida © AD AP

Hawaii (adoptions finalized prior to 1991) AD AP

Indiana ©AD AP

Kentucky © AD

Minnesota AD AP BP

Mississippi © AD AP

Missouri © AD AP (no info or assistance available to AD w/out AP permission)

Montana ©AD AP BP

Nebraska  (adoptee must be over 25) AD AP

Nevada © AD AP

New Mexico © AD AP BP BS

Pennsylvania AD AP

Virginia AD

Wisconsin   © AD AP

two open records states also offer search assistance to adult adoptees:

Alabama AD AP BP

Tennessee (passive registry for birth parents; disclosure veto for rape victims) AD AP BP

states which offer a mutual consent registry are listed in color

states which provide non-identifying information to adoptees
are marked with the abbreviation AD

states which provide non-identifying information to adoptive parents
are marked with the abbreviation AP

states which provide non-identifying information to birth parents
are marked with the abbreviation BP

states which provide non-identifying information to birth siblings
are marked with the abbreviation BS