78B-6-144 - Mutual-consent, voluntary adoption registry -- Procedures -- Fees.
78B-6-144. Mutual-consent, voluntary adoption registry -- Procedures -- Fees.
(1) The bureau shall establish a mutual-consent, voluntary adoption registry.
(a) Adult adoptees and birth parents of adult adoptees, upon presentation of positiveidentification, may request identifying information from the bureau, in the form established bythe bureau. A court of competent jurisdiction or a child-placing agency may accept that requestfrom the adult adoptee or birth parent, in the form provided by the bureau, and transfer thatrequest to the bureau. The adult adoptee or birth parent is responsible for notifying the bureau ofany change in information contained in the request.
(b) The bureau may only release identifying information to an adult adoptee or birthparent when it receives requests from both the adoptee and his birth parent.
(c) After matching the request of an adult adoptee with that of at least one of his birthparents, the bureau shall notify both the adoptee and the birth parent that the requests have beenmatched, and disclose the identifying information to those parties. However, if that adult adopteehas a sibling of the same birth parent who is under the age of 18 years, and who was raised in thesame family setting as the adult adoptee, the bureau shall not disclose the requested identifyinginformation to that adult adoptee or his birth parent.
(2) (a) Adult adoptees and adult siblings of adult adoptees, upon presentation of positiveidentification, may request identifying information from the bureau, in the form established bythe bureau. A court of competent jurisdiction or a child-placing agency may accept that requestfrom the adult adoptee or adult sibling, in the form provided by the bureau, and transfer thatrequest to the bureau. The adult adoptee or adult sibling is responsible for notifying the bureauof any change in information contained in the request.
(b) The bureau may only release identifying information to an adult adoptee or adultsibling when it receives requests from both the adoptee and his adult sibling.
(c) After matching the request of an adult adoptee with that of his adult sibling, if thebureau has been provided with sufficient information to make that match, the bureau shall notifyboth the adoptee and the adult sibling that the requests have been matched, and disclose theidentifying information to those parties.
(3) Information registered with the bureau under this section is available only to aregistered adult adoptee and his registered birth parent or registered adult sibling, under the termsof this section.
(4) Information regarding a birth parent who has not registered a request with the bureaumay not be disclosed.
(5) The bureau may charge a fee for services provided under this section, limited to thecost of providing those services.
Amended by Chapter 159, 2009 General Session