Certified copies of all papers and documents contained in any file so impounded shall be made only on like order. The guardian ad litem for a minor sought to be adopted shall have the right to inspect the court file without leave of court during the pendency of the proceeding. The attorney of record for the petitioners and other parties may inspect the file only with leave of court. The petitioners to the adoption, the attorney of record for the petitioners, and the guardian ad litem of the person who is the subject of the proceeding shall be entitled to receive certified copies of the order of adoption in the proceeding at any time within 30 days after the entry of the judgment of adoption without order of court. After 30 days from the entry of the judgment of adoption, no copies may be obtained without prior order of court, but good cause is not necessary to be shown by one of the petitioners to the adoption.
Confidentiality protects the interests of biological parents, adopting parents, and adopted minors .
This legislative purpose applies to the instant proceeding. The legislature's intent that adoption records remain confidential would be frustrated if names of the parties were disclosed here on appeal. We recognize that the underlying petition was filed on the trial court's MR calendar and not in the adoption case number. The legislature may choose to address this omission by future legislation. In the meantime, the courts must endeavor to protect, as best they can, the confidentiality of all parties.