Adoption Law

I have to start by saying I understand the premise of adoption law.  It protects birth parents, adoptive parents and children.  It has, however, become the bane of my existence.  A very nice lady named Kim, who worked in the adoption office verified that she was looking at my dad's file.  She verified there was information on all seven children.  She read some basic, descriptive information - my grandfather was a tall, angular man -  just enough to leave us wanting more before adoption law shut the door.  Not only could my dad never have his file, even when his generation was dead and gone, my generation could not have the file.  Awesome.  It would sit in a file drawer in Des Moines, Iowa forever.  This would not be our last tango with adoption law.