In 1998, an Australian girl named Kartya, who was 17 years old, had a reunion that impacted for Taiwanese society. Kartya has been adopted from Taiwan and has lived in Australia since she was a baby. She had limited information about her birth family. In order to search for her birth family, she had to expose herself to the media and seek for help. After spending a huge amount of time and resources, she finally found her birth mother. Since the reunion usually happened after the adoptee has grown up, searching for the records becomes difficult because records get lost over a long period of time.
The Child and Juvenile Adoption Information Center was established on September 2005 as a result of Section 17 of the Children and Youth Welfare Law (2003). The center provides a repository for adoption data and records including birth certificates, health records, and all kinds of legal documents. The center also provides services such as records inquiries, medical and legal support, reunion assistances, counseling and referral for adoptees, legal guardians, birth parents, and adopting parents. In addition, the center provides information on legal and ethical concerns regarding adoption procedures.