Mrs. Lorraine Brook (Brook) of Evatt, Canberra, 48yrs old, starts here search for her real mother tomorrow when the new adoption law comes into effect.Under the NSW Adoption Information Act 1990, which comes into effect today, mothers who gave up their ch

Mrs. Lorraine Brook (Brook) of Evatt, Canberra, 48yrs old, starts here search for her real mother tomorrow when the new adoption law comes into effect.Under the NSW Adoption Information Act 1990, which comes into effect today, mothers who gave up their children for adoption may get a copy of their child's "amended adopted birth certificate". Likewise, adoptees may now get access to information about their relinquishing mothers. The key word is "may".Mrs. Lorraine Brook, 48, of the Canberra suburb of Evatt, also applied on the first day. Her adoptive parents have died, too. She has been looking for her relinquishing parents since 1968. April 1, 1991. (Photo by Kate Callas/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).