Adopted in Louisiana?

Are you an adoptee born in Louisiana and searching for your birth parents? Or are you a birth parent who surrendered a baby to adoption that was born in Louisiana during 1984–2002? If so, I can help you reunite with your family.

For birth mothers — did you answer an ad in the newspaper and were sent to Louisiana to give birth during 1984–2002? Did an attorney or doctor advise you to go to Louisiana to give birth? Did you give birth in Eunice, Mamou, Opelauous, Lafayette or Baton Rouge? A partial list of attorneys that assisted with the adoptions was Kent DeJean, Kenneth Pitre, A. Bruce Rozas, McGee, Manuel, Nina Broyles, and H. Michael Aaron. A partial list of the hospitals used is Moosa, Savoy, and Woman’s Hospitals. A partial list of agencies was Beacon House, National Adoption Counseling Service, as well as private adoptions.

Most of the children were sent or adopted into families that lived on the East Coast. Some children remained in Louisiana, but the majority did not stay in Louisiana. The adoption laws were lax during that time in Louisiana, and this allowed pregnant women to travel to Louisiana, give birth, and then the children were sent to awaiting families.

** These adoptions were not illegal, the families and attorneys just used the lax adoption laws in Louisiana to get around waiting years on adoption lists in other states. Birth mothers needed help, and families wanted babies.

We have an active support group on Facebook entitled Gitelman Louisiana Adoptions Support Search.

Or you can contact me directly, debra@alleninv.com or 833–742–5536.