Any of the following parties can use the services of a Confidential Intermediary:

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• An adoptee who is at least 18 years of age

• Either of the birth parents of an adoptee

• Adoptive parents of an adoptee who is at least 18 years of age, or if the adoptive parents are deceased, the adoptee's guardian

• If any adoptee is deceased, the adoptee's spouse if the spouse is the legal parent or guardian of any child of the adoptee

• If any adoptee is deceased, any progency of the adoptee who is at least 18 years of age

• If the birth parent of an adoptee is deceased, the parent of the birth parent

• A biological sibling of an adoptee if the sibling is at least 18 years of age

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Through the Sibling Information Exchange Program:

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• A former dependent child 18 or older

• 17 or under and a former dependent child, with the participation of your adoptive parent, guardian, or biological parent if he/she has legal custody and is not involved in a current dependency case

• Over 18 and you are the sibling of a former dependent child

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*Although a search may be initiated by anyone 18 and older, a CI may not search for anyone under the age of 21