I was adopted and I would like to get the medicial information about my birth parents due to medicial problems I and my children have. How do I get the information without hiring a lawyer?

Start with asking your adoptive parents about your adoption and what they remember.

Contact the adoption agency used. Sometimes they will let you know if you can leave a letter for your birthparents--and sometimes there will be a letter waiting from them. Do the same at the courthouse in the county in which the adoption took place.

Start registering on reunion boards--adoption.com and ISRR have great reunion pages.

You may not be able to force a reunion if one is not wanted---and at that point, you may HAVE to hire a lawyer.