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§ 2931. Access to information

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. § 2931
§ 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.

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2010, Oct. 27, P.L. 961, No. 101, § 5, effective in 180 days [April 25, 2011].
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 2931, PA ST 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 2931
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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