23 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 29 - Decrees And Records
Subchapter A. General Provisions
- Section 2901 - Time Of Entry Of Decree Of Adoption
Unless the court for cause shown determines otherwise, no decree of adoption shall be entered unless the natural parent or parents' rights have been...
- Section 2902 - Requirements And Form Of Decree Of Adoption
(a) General rule.--If satisfied that the statements made in the petition are true, that the needs and welfare of the person proposed to be...
- Section 2903 - Retention Of Parental Status
Whenever a parent consents to the adoption of his child by his spouse, the parent-child relationship between him and his child shall remain whether...
- Section 2904 - Name Of Adoptee
If requested by the petitioners, the decree may provide that the adoptee shall assume the name of the adopting parent or parents and any...
- Section 2905 - Impounding Of Proceedings And Access To Records (Repealed)
§ 2905. Impounding of proceedings and access to records (Repealed). 2010 Repeal. Section 2905 was repealed October 27, 2010, P.L.961, No.101, effective in 180
- Section 2906 - Docket Entries
Upon the filing of any decree under this part, the clerk shall enter on the docket an entry showing the date of the decree....
- Section 2907 - Certificate Of Adoption
The clerk shall issue to the adopting parent or parents a certificate reciting that the court has granted the adoption. The certificate shall not...
- Section 2908 - Foreign Decree Of Adoption
(a) Registration.--When a minor is adopted by a resident of this Commonwealth and a final decree of adoption is made or entered in conformity...
- Section 2909 - Medical History Information (Repealed)
§ 2909. Medical history information (Repealed). 2010 Repeal. Section 2909 was repealed October 27, 2010, P.L.961, No.101, effective in 180 days.
- Section 2910 - Penalty For Unauthorized Disclosure
Any officer or employee of the court, other than a judge thereof, the Department of Health, the Department of Public Welfare or any agency...
Subchapter B. Records and Access to Information
- Section 2911 - Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
- Section 2912 - Combined Request For Information
An individual authorized to receive both nonidentifying information and identifying information may file a single written request under Subchapter D (relating to release of
- Section 2913 - Reasonable Fees
Any court or agency may charge reasonable fees for services provided under this chapter.
- Section 2914 - Immunity From Liability
(a) General rule.--A person or agency, including the Commonwealth and any of its governmental subdivisions, that participates in good faith in providing services under...
- Section 2915 - Court And Agency Records
(a) General rule.--All court and agency records shall be maintained as a permanent record and withheld from inspection except as provided under this chapter....
- Section 2916 - Attorney Records
An attorney representing a party to an adoption proceeding or acting as counsel or guardian ad litem for a child in a proceeding under...
Subchapter C. Information Registry
Subchapter D. Release of Information
- Section 2931 - Access To Information
(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...
- Section 2932 - Nonidentifying Information
(a) Notice of receipt of request.--When the court or agency receives a written request for nonidentifying information, it shall, within 30 days, notify the...
- Section 2933 - Identifying Information
(a) Notice of availability of records.--The court or agency shall, within 120 days of receiving a written request for identifying information or contact, do...
- Section 2934 - Statement Of Medical And Social History Information
(a) Filing places.--A statement regarding medical and social history information may be filed with the following: (1) The court that terminated parental rights. (2)...
- Section 2935 - Confidentiality
(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...
- Section 2936 - Refusal To Search
(a) Agency.-- (1) If an agency is satisfied that a request could cause physical or emotional harm to the requesting individual or others, the...
- Section 2937 - Original Birth Record
(a) General rule.--No disclosure of information shall be made by a court, an agency, the Department of Health or any other Commonwealth agency regarding...
- Section 2938 - Rules And Regulations
The department shall promulgate rules and regulations implementing a standardized training program for court-appointed and agency-appointed authorized representatives conducting searches under this subchapter.
Last modified: October 8, 2016