§ 36-1-126. Record Kept Under Seal — Confidential Records — Access to Certain Records — Preservation of Records
After the entry of the final order of adoption; After entry of the final order dismissing the adoption; After entry of an order revoking the surrender or parental consent; After entry of an order dismissing a termination of parental rights proceeding filed in conjunction with an adoption proceeding; or Upon conclusion of all termination of […]
§ 36-1-127. Availability of Records to Adopted Persons and Certain Other Persons for Adoptions Finalized or Attempted Prior to Certain Dates
On March 16, 1951, Chapter 202 of the Public Acts of 1951 became effective. As a result, all records related to persons who had been adopted, all records concerning a person for whom any records were maintained and that may have related to an adoption or attempted adoption and that were treated by the department […]
§ 36-1-128. Contact Veto Registry — Persons Eligible to Have Names Entered
The department shall establish and maintain a contact veto registry for the purposes of permitting registration of the willingness or unwillingness of the persons or classes of persons named herein for contact with persons eligible to have access to any records covered by this part; provided, that the contact veto registry shall not be applicable […]
§ 36-1-129. Procedures for Filing Contact Veto or Giving Consent
A person eligible to file a contact veto or give consent for further contact may notify the department in writing on a form supplied by the department that such person does or does not object to contact being made with such person by any person or group of persons who are eligible to establish contact. […]
§ 36-1-130. Access to Records — Search of Registry — Restrictions on Contact
When a request is made for access to an adoption record, sealed adoption record, sealed record or a post-adoption record by a person eligible to have access, that person shall identify in writing on the form supplied by the department, the persons or classes of persons who are eligible under § 36-1-128 to refuse or […]
§ 36-1-131. Search of Sealed Adoption Record, Sealed Record or Post-Adoption Records — Opportunity to Veto Contact
If, after a search has been made of the registry, then either no person with whom contact was requested was located on the registry or the person named on the registry could not be notified at the address designated in the registry, then the department shall search the sealed adoption record, sealed record or the […]
§ 36-1-116. Home Study — Adoption Petition — Order of Reference
Prior to filing a petition for the adoption of a child, the prospective adoptive parents shall, except as otherwise provided by law, contact a licensed child-placing agency, or a licensed clinical social worker, or if indigent under federal poverty guidelines, they shall, except as otherwise provided by law, contact the department, and request a home […]
§ 36-1-117. Parties to Proceedings — Termination of Rights of Putative Father — Consent of Parent or Guardian — Service of Process
Unless the legal parent, guardian, or any putative father of the child has surrendered parental or guardianship rights to the child, executed a parental consent, or waived the person’s rights pursuant to § 36-1-111(w) or (x), or unless the person’s rights have been terminated by court order, such person must be made a party to […]
§ 36-1-118. Dismissal of Adoption Proceedings and Guardianship Orders — Revocation of Surrender by Court — Notice — Disposition of Child
If at any time between the surrender of a child directly to prospective adoptive parents or a licensed child-placing agency and the filing of an adoption petition or at any time between the filing of an adoption petition and the issuance of the final order of the adoption, it is made known to the court […]
§ 36-1-119. Final Order of Adoption — When Entered
Unless the child is related to the petitioners, no final order of adoption shall be entered before the home study has been filed with the court and before the petition has been on file at least six (6) months and before a final court report is filed with the court, except when the order is […]