Appendix A: Documents

Relinquishment agreements acquired and inspected by Elizabeth J. Samuels, University of Baltimore School of Law for Surrender and Subordination: Birth Mothers and Adoption Law Reform, published in the Michigan Journal of Gender & Law | Volume 20 Issue 1 | 2013

*received after publication


COLORADO 1958 Denver Dept. of Welfare





















RHODE ISLAND 1966 Sophia Little Home, Cranston





STATE YEAR SOURCE

CALIFORNIA 1953 Frank Chilson, Attorney

        1966 Children's Home Society of California

         1968A San Diego County Dept. of Public Welfare

         1968B Contra Costa County Social Service Department

COLORADO 1958 Denver Dept. of Welfare

CONNECTICUT 1961 Diocesan Bureau of Social Service, Waterbury*

1962 Diocesan Bureau of Social Services, Hartford

        1969 Child & Family Services of Connecticut, Inc., Hartford

1975 Catholic Family Services*

1981 Catholic Family Services*

FLORIDA 1944 Diocesan Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Augustine, Jacksonville

        1951 Private doctor

1964 Catholic Welfare Bureau, Palm Beach County

1979 Catholic Social Services, Inc., Deland

GEORGIA 1967 Children's Center of Metropolitan Atlanta

HAWAII 1963 Hawaii Dept. of Social Services

ILLINOIS 1964 Lutheran Child Welfare Assoc., Cook County

        1965 The Cradle Society

1966 Lutheran Child Welfare Assoc., Cook County

IOWA 1959 Florence Crittenton Home of Sioux City

        1983 Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque

LOUISIANA 1990 Associated Catholic Charities of New Orleans, Inc.

MARYLAND 1968 Associated Catholic Charities, Inc.

MASSACHUSETTS 1968 Catholic Welfare Bureau of New Bedford

        1983 Catholic Charitable Bureau of Archdiocese of Boston

MICHIGAN 1960 Lutheran Social Services of Michigan

        1968 Michigan Children's Aid Society, Farmington

1971 Bethany Christian Home, Inc.

MINNESOTA 1960 Bureau of Catholic Charities, St. Paul

1967 Diocesan Bureau of Catholic Charities, St. Paul

1968 Catholic Social Service, Ramsey County

1970A Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1970B Catholic Social Service, Ramsey County

1971 Children's Home Society of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1972 Catholic Welfare Services of Minneapolis

1974 Catholic Social Service, St. Paul

NEBRASKA 1961 Immanuel Deaconess Institute, Omaha

1966 The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha, Inc.

1972 Catholic Social Service Bureau of Lincoln

NEVADA 1947 Nevada State Welfare Department, Div. of Child Welfare Services

NEW JERSEY 1939 New Jersey State Board of Children's Guardians

1948 Catholic Children's Aid Assoc. of New Jersey, Newark

1950 Children's Home Society of New Jersey, Trenton

1961A Family and Children's Service Inc., Monmouth County

1961B Associated Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson

1962 Catholic Children's Aid Assoc. of the Associated Catholic Charities, Essex County

1963 Associated Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson

1969A State of New Jersey, Bureau of Children's Services

1969B Catholic Welfare Bureau, Diocese of Trenton

1978 Children's Aid and Adoption Society of New Jersey, Essex County

NEW YORK 1936 Welfare Department of Schenectady, New York

1942 The Sophia Fund, New York City

1951 Free Synagogue Child Adoption Committee, N.Y.C.

1953 Commissioner of Welfare of the City of New York

1959 Louise Wise Services, New York City

1963 Commissioner of Welfare of The City of New York

1964 Spence-Chapin Adoption Service

1966 Spence-Chapin Adoption Service

1968A Albany County Dept. of Social Services

1968B Erie County Child Welfare Services

1970 Board of Social Services of Nassau County, Mineola

1990 Family and Children's Service of Ithaca

NORTH CAROLINA 1970 Public Welfare of Wake County

1982 The Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Inc.

OHIO 1967 Lorain County Child Welfare Board

1972 Catholic Service League, Inc., Diocese of Youngstown, Ashtabula

1973 Catholic Family & Children's Services, Diocese of Cleveland

1979 Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley, Dayton

OKLAHOMA 1972 Deaconess Hospital, Oklahoma City

PENNSYLVANIA 1966 Jewish Family and Children's Services of Pittsburgh

1968 Children's Home of Pittsburgh, Washington County

RHODE ISLAND 1966 Sophia Little Home, Cranston

TENNESSEE 1965 Tennessee Dept. of Public Works

1968 Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes, Inc.

1985 Bethany Christian Services, Inc.

TEXAS 1965 Homestead Child Placement Agency, Fort Worth

VERMONT 1947 Elizabeth Lund Home, Inc., Burlington

WISCONSIN 1968 Children's Service Society, Dane County