Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) A registrant must meet the following
requirements:
(a) complete registration online
through the Adoption Registry website or submit a paper form provided by the
office; and
(b) pay the
registration fee, which is required regardless of whether a match is
made.
(2) Registrants on
the Adoption Registry shall include the following information, to the fullest
extent known:
(a) current name of
registrant;
(b) current contact
information of registrant, including email address;
(c) birth mother's name at time of adoptee's
birth;
(d) birth father's name at
the time of adoptee's birth;
(e)
birth mother's current name;
(f)
birth father's current name;
(g)
adult adoptee birth name;
(h) adult
adoptee adoptive name;
(i) adult
adoptee current name;
(j) adult
adoptee birth date;
(i) adult
adoptee birth place including city, county, and facility or location of birth;
(k) name of adoptive parent(s) at
time of adoption;
(l) name of
adoption agency or private attorney that handled the adoption; and
(m) any additional information that will help
to identify the birth parent or adult adoptee.
(3) The registrant may elect to share or
receive any of the following information:
(a)
receive registrant identifying information;
(b) share registrant identifying information
which may include a method for contact;
(c) share name and contact information of an
intermediary who will facilitate communication between the matches;
and
(d) share identifying
information but decline to provide a method for contact.
(4) Birth parents may allow the office to
provide the adult adoptee with a non-certified copy of the original birth
certificate with the following limitations:
(a) the certificate may not include health
and medical data gathered for statistical purposes; and
(b) the certificate may not reflect
identifiable information of an individual that is not registered with the
Adoption Registry or who has not consented to the release of an original birth
certificate except as provided in (5).
(5) Birth parents may allow the office to
make available for inspection by an adult adoptee other information about the
birth parent, including an updated health history.
(6) Birth parents may prohibit the office
from sharing any of their information or documents with the adult adoptee
without a court order.
(7) Adult
Adoptees may request a non-certified copy of the original birth certificate.
(a) If two birth parents are listed on the
original birth certificate, and both birth parents are deceased, the adult
adoptee may provide proof of their deaths and request a non-certified copy of
the original birth certificate.
(b)
If only one birth parent is listed on the original birth certificate and that
birth parent is deceased, the adult adoptee may provide proof of death and
request a non-certified copy of the original birth certificate.
(c) If two birth parents are listed on the
birth certificate and only one consents to the release of an original birth
certificate, the office shall redact the identifying information of the
nonconsenting parent and provide a non-certified copy of the original birth
certificate to the adult adoptee.
(8) Adult adoptees may request other
non-identifying information, including an updated medical history provided by
the birth parent.
