Sec. 68a.
(1) The department, in cooperation with adoption support groups, shall develop and publish an information pamphlet explaining the release of information from adoption records pursuant to this act.
(2) Within 14 days after it is contacted by an adoptee, adult former sibling, former parent, or adoptive parent, a child placing agency or court or the department shall provide the adoptee, adult former sibling, former parent, or adoptive parent with all of the following:
(a) A copy of the information pamphlet described in subsection (1).
(b) A list of adoption support groups.
(c) Information about the provisions described in this section and sections 27a, 27b, 68, and 68b of this chapter.
(3) If a child placing agency, a court, or the department receives a written request from an adoptee, adult former sibling, former parent, adoptive parent, or any other person biologically related to an adoptee that the requester's current address be placed in its adoption files, the child placing agency, court, or department shall place the information in its adoption files.
History: Add. 1988, Act 505, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 175, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 222, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995 ;-- 1994, Act 373, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995
Popular Name: Probate Code
Last modified: October 10, 2016