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Finding child's location through the Dept of Education

Since your child is school aged, I am assuming she is enrolled in school. You may be able to contact the Department of Education for the state in which you think your child may be residing. If a parent can show some form of documentation such a birth certificate that he/she is the biological parent, there could be a possibility that the Department of Education may be able to find what school the child has been enrolled in but I cannot say for sure. This is the Department of Education in STATE’s website if you want to ask if this is something they would do or not. HYPERLINK

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