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3714

VETOES

(II) 2 OR MORE NATURAL SIBLINGS REGISTER.

(2) A MATCH IS MADE WHEN AN ADOPTEE AND ONLY 1
NATURAL PARENT OF THE ADOPTEE REGISTER IF:

(I)  NOTICE OF THE FILING OF THE PETITION FOR
ADOPTION OR GUARDIANSHIP WAS GIVEN TO THE NONREGISTERING PARENT
AND THE PARENT DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
THAT TERMINATED THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP OR DECLARED THE
PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP WAS NONEXISTENT;

(II)  AN ADOPTEE AND THE NATURAL MOTHER OF THE
ADOPTEE REGISTER AND THERE IS NO KNOWN NATURAL FATHER;

(III)  THE NATURAL MOTHER OF THE ADOPTEE, OR IN
THE CASE OF AN AGENCY ADOPTION, THE AGENCY SUBMITS, OR THE
ADMINISTRATION OBTAINS FROM A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN
THE STATE OF THE ADOPTEE'S BIRTH OR ADOPTION, A COPY OF A
JUDGMENT THAT DECLARES THAT THE IDENTITY OF THE NATURAL FATHER IS
UNKNOWN;

(IV)  THE ADMINISTRATION HAS INFORMATION THAT
INDICATES THAT THE OTHER NATURAL PARENT IS DEAD; OR

(V)  NOTICE OF THE FILING OF THE PETITION FOR
ADOPTION OR GUARDIANSHIP WAS NOT GIVEN TO THE NONREGISTERING
NATURAL PARENT OF THE ADOPTEE; OR

(VI)  1 YEAR HAS ELAPSED SINCE THE REGISTERING
NATURAL PARENT FILED THE AFFIDAVIT AND THE NONREGISTERING NATURAL
PARENT HAS NOT FILED A NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT STATING THE
NONREGISTERING PARENT'S REFUSAL TO PERMIT THE MATCH.

(3) MATCHING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED:

(I)  IF BOTH NATURAL PARENTS ARE DECEASED; AND

(II)  IF ONLY AN ADOPTEE HAS REGISTERED.

(C) (1) IN ORDER TO MAKE A MATCH OR PROVIDE MATCHING
INFORMATION, THE ADMINISTRATION MAY INQUIRE INTO THE RECORDS OF A
CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY, LOCAL DEPARTMENT, OR COURT THAT ISSUED AN
ADOPTION OR GUARDIANSHIP DECREE.

(2) THE COURT THAT ISSUED THE ADOPTION DECREE SHALL
ORDER THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS ON
RECEIPT OF A PETITION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT STATES THAT
REVIEW OF THE RECORDS IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO MAKE A MATCH OR TO
PROVIDE MATCHING INFORMATION UNDER THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect October 1, 1986.

 

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