§2931. Access to information.  


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  • (a) Who may access information.--The following individuals may file a written request for nonidentifying information or identifying information or contact with the court which finalized the adoption, the agency which coordinated the adoption or a successor agency:

    (1) An adoptee who is at least 18 years of age.

    (2) An adoptive parent of an adoptee who is:

    (i) under 18 years of age;

    (ii) adjudicated incapacitated and is 18 years of age or older; or

    (iii) deceased.

    (3) A legal guardian of an adoptee who is under 18 years of age or adjudicated incapacitated.

    (4) A descendant of a deceased adoptee.

    (5) A birth parent of an adoptee who is 21 years of age or older.

    (6) A parent of a birth parent of an adoptee who is 21 years of age or older, if the birth parent consents, is adjudicated incapacitated or is deceased.

    (7) A birth sibling of an adoptee, if both the birth sibling and adoptee are 21 years of age or older and:

    (i) the birth sibling remained in the custody of the birth parent and the birth parent consents, is deceased or adjudicated incapacitated;

    (ii) both the birth sibling and the adoptee were adopted out of the same birth family; or

    (iii) the birth sibling was not adopted out of the birth family and did not remain in the custody of the birth parent.

    (b) Who may be the subject of a request for information.--An individual enumerated under subsection (a) may request nonidentifying or identifying information regarding or contact with the following individuals:

    (1) An adoptee who is 21 years of age or older.

    (2) A birth parent of an adoptee.

    (3) A parent of a birth parent of an adoptee who is 21 years of age or older, if the birth parent consents, is adjudicated incapacitated or is deceased.

    (4) A birth sibling of an adoptee, if both the birth sibling and the adoptee are 21 years of age or older and:

    (i) the birth sibling remained in the custody of the birth parent and the birth parent consents, is deceased or adjudicated incapacitated;

    (ii) both the birth sibling and the adoptee were adopted out of the same birth family; or

    (iii) the birth sibling was not adopted out of the birth family and did not remain in the custody of the birth parent.