Korean adoptee asks National Center for the Rights of the Child (NCRC) in South Korea to allow forensic access to 1983 power of attorney

SEOUL, KOREA, October 20, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ — An overseas adoptee from South Korea with a pending civil appeal has asked NCRC to make the paper original of a 7 February 1983 document held as a power of attorney, whose authenticity has not been forensically tested, available for forensic examination.

NCRC is not the defendant. The defendant is the Korean adoption agency. The appeal seeks damages. It does not seek to annul an adoption.

NCRC has said the paper power of attorney was transferred from the adoption agency on 10 September 2025. The court has a request that the document be sent and a written court inquiry on that document. On 7 October 2026 NCRC told the adoptee by phone that the inquiry was received, that it is still under review, and that a formal written reply will be filed with the court before the next hearing. NCRC said it would not discuss the contents by phone. No forensic report is in the court file. The call did not say that a forensic test is being done.

A separate information-disclosure request for an unedited high-resolution image of the fingerprint was refused. An objection was dismissed on 22 September 2026. NCRC cited the Special Act on Domestic Adoption and the Official Information Disclosure Act. That decision is not a finding on whether the document is genuine.

The adoptee asks NCRC to allow a court-appointed examiner to inspect or photograph the paper original or, if any forensic test has already been done, to produce that result to the court. Digital copies already provided were not suitable for examination. This request is for access for a lab. It is not a claim that forgery has been proved.

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