3 Children Find Their Families During Middlesex County’s Adoption Day

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Saturday is National Adoption Day. To commemorate the day, Middlesex County hosted the 16th annual Adoption Day on Wednesday and three children from the county found their families.

Since the beginning of the year, Middlesex County has finalized 68 adoptions.

The County’s Adoption Day event, a highlight during National Adoption Month each November, aims to celebrate and encourage adoption throughout the year, facilitated by the Office of the Surrogate.

The Middlesex County Office of the Surrogate ensures the completion of all necessary paperwork, meeting procedural requirements, and scheduling timely court dates for various types of adoptions, including stepparent adoptions, aunt/uncle and grandparent adoptions, private placement, Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) adoptions, agency adoptions, and adult adoptions.

“For two decades, National Adoption Day has been remarkably successful in promoting and celebrating adoptions, as well as the expansion of families everywhere, and Middlesex County’s National Adoption Day event has been a crucial part of that story for the past sixteen years,” Middlesex County Commissioner Director Ronald G. Rios said. “I am thankful for the hard work done by the County Surrogate Claribel Cortes and her office, as well as the Middlesex County Superior Court, that make this event so special.”

Middlesex County’s 2023 Adoption Day event was sponsored by the Middlesex County Superior Court, the Middlesex County Surrogate’s Office, the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners, the Middlesex County Bar Foundation, and the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Middlesex County.

Middlesex County Surrogate Claribel Cortes said the County is deeply committed to fostering the creation and expansion of families through adoption.

“It is a privilege to celebrate these growing families, and the start of a new life, at this special event. Bearing witness to these heartwarming moments in person reaffirms my sense of hope for a brighter future,” Cortes said.

For more information on the services the Middlesex County Office of the Surrogate provides, visit middlesexcountynj.gov.

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