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§ 2935. Confidentiality

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 23 Pa.C.S.A. Domestic RelationsEffective: April 25, 2011

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 23 Pa.C.S.A. Domestic Relations (Refs & Annos)
Part III. Adoption (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 29. Decrees and Records
Subchapter D. Release of Information (Refs & Annos)
Effective: April 25, 2011
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 2935
§ 2935. Confidentiality
Currentness
(a) General rule.--In conducting a search, the court or agency shall ensure that no individual, other than a birth parent, is informed of the adoptee's existence and relationship to the birth parent of the adoptee.
(b) When inquiry not mandatory.--An authorized representative of the court or agency conducting a search may not make an inquiry which the representative reasonably believes may compromise the confidentiality relating to the relationship between the adoptee and a birth parent of the adoptee.

Credits

2010, Oct. 27, P.L. 961, No. 101, § 5, effective in 180 days [April 25, 2011].
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 2935, PA ST 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 2935
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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