In 1941, Indiana enacted a law that sealed all original birth certificates and adopted records from public access. This restriction also applied even to adopted children, which means without written approval from the State Board of Health, it was nearly impossible for adopted children to find out who their parents were. The law, however, was…
http://blog.eogn.com/2015/12/02/indiana-house-of-representatives-to-consider-an-open-records-bill/
