KDLA Records Ordering System
We do store many adoption case files at the State Archives and State Records Center.
However, those files are confidential and can only be requested by the Circuit Court
Clerk in the county in which the case was filed or by contacting the Adoption Services
Branch of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
How to order an adoption record through a Circuit County Clerk
You will need to contact the Circuit Court Clerk in the county in which the case
was filed in order to file a Petition to Inspect Adoption Records and to go through
the whole process in order to gain access to that file.
Find a Kentucky County Circuit
Clerk
How to order an adoption record though the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
You can also contact the Adoption Services Branch at the Cabinet for Health and
Family Services.
CHFS Adoption Services