Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
146 - OFFICE OF DATA, RESEARCH AND VITAL STATISTICS
Chapter 12 - ADULT ADOPTEES ACCESS TO ORIGINAL BIRTH RECORD

SUMMARY: These rules establish the process for obtaining access to an original sealed birth record of an adult adopted person and the contact preference form and medical history form of the birth parents of an adult adopted person pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A. §§2765, 2768 & 2769.

PURPOSE: The purpose of these rules is to establish a process by which adult adopted persons or their attorneys or surviving descendents may obtain a noncertified copy of the adopted person's original birth record, and by which the birth parents of an adult adopted person may provide contact preference information and medical history information to adult adoptees, their attorneys or surviving descendents.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 22 M.R.S.A. §§2765 , 2768 and 2769