Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.124d — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-116-of-1973 / Section 722.124d
Public information form; reporting nonconfidential information; detachable section; distribution of blank forms; acceptance and maintenance of completed forms; individual requests for information about adoption facilitators; sending nonconfidential portion in response to individual's request; fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14d.

(1) The department shall develop a public information form for the reporting of the following nonconfidential information:

(a) The name and address of the primary adoption facilitator.

(b) The type of adoption, as follows:

( i ) Direct placement or agency placement.

( ii ) Intrastate, interstate, or intercountry.

(c) The name of the agency and individual who performed the preplacement assessment or the investigation required under section 46 of the Michigan adoption code, MCL 710.46, and the cost of the assessment or investigation.

(d) The name of each individual who performed counseling services for a biological parent, a guardian, or the adoptee; the individual's agency affiliation, if any; the number of hours of counseling performed; and the cost of that counseling.

(e) The name of each individual who performed counseling services for an adoptive parent; the individual's agency affiliation, if any; the number of hours of counseling performed; and the cost of that counseling.

(f) The total amount paid by an adoptive parent for hospital, nursing, or pharmaceutical expenses incurred by a biological parent or the adoptee in connection with the birth or any illness of the adoptee.

(g) The total amount paid by an adoptive parent for a biological mother's living expenses.

(h) The total amount paid by an adoptive parent for expenses incurred in ascertaining the information required under section 27 of the Michigan adoption code, MCL 710.27.

(i) The name of any attorney representing an adoptive parent, the number of hours of service performed in connection with the adoption, and the total cost of the attorney's services performed for the adoptive parent.

(j) The name of any attorney representing a biological parent, the number of hours of service performed in connection with the adoption, and the total cost of the attorney's services performed for the biological parent.

(k) The name of any agency assisting a biological parent or adoptive parent, and the cost of all services provided by the agency other than services specifically described in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e).

( l ) The total amount paid by an adoptive parent for a biological parent's travel expenses.

(m) Any fees or expenses sought but disallowed by the court.

(n) The total amount of all expenses connected with the adoption that were paid for by the adoptive parent.

(o) An explanation of any special circumstances that made costs of the adoption higher than would normally be expected.

(2) The public information form prescribed by subsection (1) shall contain a detachable section for the reporting of all of the following confidential information:

(a) The age, sex, and race of each biological parent.

(b) The age, sex, and race of the adoptee.

(c) The name, age, sex, and race of each adoptive parent.

(d) The county in which the final order of adoption was entered.

(e) The county, state, and country of origin of the adoptee.

(f) The legal residence of biological parents.

(g) The legal residence of adoptive parents.

(h) The dates of the following actions related to the adoption:

( i ) The first contact of the birth parent with the primary adoption facilitator.

( ii ) The first contact of the adoptive parent with the primary adoption facilitator.

( iii ) The temporary placement, if applicable.

( iv ) The formal placement.

( v ) The order of the court finalizing the adoption.

(3) The department shall distribute blank public information forms to adoption facilitators, courts, and other interested individuals and organizations.

(4) Beginning on July 1, 1995, the department shall accept from the probate court of each county and maintain in a central clearinghouse completed public information forms for each adoption completed in this state. Upon the request of an individual seeking information about adoption facilitators serving a particular county or counties, the department shall send the individual a list of all adoption facilitators serving that county or those counties, the number of adoptions each person facilitated in the county or counties during the preceding 12 months, and the fees the department charges for transmitting copies of public information forms. Upon the individual's request for public information forms for a particular adoption facilitator or facilitators and payment of the required fees, the department shall send the individual copies of the nonconfidential portions of the public information forms completed by that adoption facilitator or those adoption facilitators during the preceding 12 months. If the number of adoptions facilitated by a particular adoption facilitator in a particular county or counties is insufficient to protect the confidentiality of the participants in an adoption, the department shall send the nonconfidential portions of additional public information forms for adoptions facilitated by that adoption facilitator in earlier years or in other counties. The additional forms required to protect confidentiality shall be sent without charge to the individual requesting the information.

(5) If the department receives public information forms completed by a probate register containing only the primary adoption facilitator's name and confidential information, the department shall send the nonconfidential portion of those public information forms completed by the probate register in response to an individual's request for public information forms for that adoption facilitator.

(6) The department may charge a fee for transmitting public information forms to individuals requesting them. The fee shall be sufficient to reimburse the department for the costs of copying, postage or facsimile, and labor.

History: Add. 1994, Act 209, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Am. 1995, Act 107, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1995; Am. 2017, Act 257, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018