GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 199

Short Title:  Adoption Information Disclosure.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives S. Thompson; Greenwood and Huffman.
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Referred to:  Human Resources.
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February 13, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT MORE NONIDENTIFYING INFORMATION CONCERNING ADOPTEES AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL PARENTS TO BE DISCLOSED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 48-25(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nonidentifying information, if known, shall be given by the county department of social services or licensed child-placing agency which has such information in writing on a form provided by the Department of Human Resources to the adoptive parent or parents not later than the date of finalization of the adoption proceedings.  The information described in this subsection, if known, shall, upon written request, be made available to the adoptee upon his reaching the age of 21 and to the adoptee's biological parent.  This information or any part thereof may be withheld only if it is of such a nature that it would tend to identify the adoptee or a biological relative of the adoptee.  For any adoption completed prior to July 10, 1981, the information described in this subsection, if available, shall be given in writing to the adoptive parent or parents or legal guardian of any minor adoptee, a biological parent of the adoptee, or to any adoptee who has reached the age of 21 years upon written request by such person to the agency which has the information.  
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Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.