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Ohio Rev Code § 3107.171 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.171 | Disclosure of Court That Entered Order or Decree.

Effective: March 20, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "adoption file" means a file maintained by the department of health under sections 3107.12 to 3107.124 of the Revised Code. (B) An adopted person may request that the department of health disclose to the adopted person which court entered the interlocutory order or final decree of adoption regarding the adopted person if the adopted person seeks to do either or both of the following:(1) Inspect, pursuant to division (D) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code, a social and medical history form of a biological parent of the adopted person;(2) Submit, pursuant to division (E) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code, a request for notification of a correction or expansion of a social and medical history of a biological parent of the adopted person.(C) On receipt of a request made under division (B) of this section and if the adopted person is entitled to inspect the biological parent's social and medical history form and submit the request for notification of a correction or expansion of the biological parent's social and medical history, the department shall inspect the adoption file to determine which court entered the interlocutory order or final decree of adoption. If the department is able to determine from the adoption file which court entered the interlocutory order or final decree of adoption, the department shall disclose the court to the adopted person.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.18 | Foreign Decrees.

Effective: March 20, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly|(A) Except when giving effect to such a decree would violate the public policy of this state, a court decree terminating the relationship of parent and child, or establishing the relationship by adoption, issued pursuant to due process of law by a court of any jurisdiction outside this state, whether within or outside the United States, shall be recognized in this state, and the rights and obligations of the parties as to all matters within the jurisdiction of this state, including, without limitation, those matters specified in section 3107.15 of the Revised Code, shall be determined as though the decree were issued by a court of this state. A decree or certificate of adoption that is issued under the laws of a foreign country and that is verified and approved by the immigration and naturalization service of the United States shall be recognized in this state. Nothing in this section prohibits a court from issuing a final decree of adoption or interlocutory order of adoption pursuant to section 3107.14 of the Revised Code for a person the petitioner has adopted pursuant to a decree or certificate of adoption recognized in this state that was issued outside the United States. (B) If a child born in a foreign country is placed with adoptive parents or an adoptive parent in this state for the purpose of adoption and if the adoption previously has been finalized in the country of the child's birth, the adoptive parent or parents may bring a petition in the probate court in their county of residence requesting that the court issue a final decree of adoption or an interlocutory order of adoption pursuant to section 3107.14 of the Revised Code. In a proceeding on the petition, proof of finalization of the adoption outside the United States is prima-facie evidence of the consent of the parties who are required to give consent even if the foreign decree or certificate of adoption was issued with respect to only one of two adoptive parents who seek to adopt the child in this state.(C) At the request of a person who has adopted a person pursuant to a decree or certificate of adoption recognized in this state that was issued outside the United States, the court of the county in which the person making the request resides shall order the department of health to issue a foreign birth record for the adopted person under section 3705.122 of the Revised Code. The court may specify a change of name for the child and, if a physician has recommended a revision of the birth date, a revised birth date. The court shall send to the department with its order a copy of the foreign adoption decree or certificate of adoption and, if the foreign decree or certificate of adoption is not in English, a translation certified as to its accuracy by the translator and provided by the person who requested the order.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.19 | Forwarding Records to Department of Health and Birth State's Vital Statistics Office.

Effective: March 20, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly|If the adopted person was born in this state or outside the United States, the court shall forward all of the following to the department of health within thirty days after an adoption decree becomes final: (A) A copy of the adopted person's certificate of adoption;(B) The form prescribed under division (A)(1) of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code, if a parent filled out and signed the form pursuant to section 3107.071, 3107.081, or 5103.151 of the Revised Code;(C) A statement of whether the adopted person is an adopted person as defined in section 3107.38 or 3107.45 of the Revised Code.If the adopted person was born in another state of the United States, the court shall forward a copy of the adopted person's certificate of adoption to that state's vital statistics office within thirty days after an adoption decree becomes final.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.381 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.381 | Transfer of Releases.

Effective: March 20, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly|If the file of releases contains one or more releases that pertain to an adopted person and the department of health has an adoption file for the adopted person, the department shall transfer all of the releases pertaining to the adopted person, including releases for which withdrawals of releases were filed, to the adopted person's adoption file. An adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person who obtains the contents of the adopted person's adoption file pursuant to section 3107.38 of the Revised Code may use the releases, along with any contact preference forms placed in the adoption file pursuant to section 3107.39 of the Revised Code, in determining whether and how to contact a biological parent or biological sibling. Releases are advisory only and therefore unenforceable.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.392 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.392 | Information on Web Site.

Effective: March 20, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly|The department of health shall include on its web site information about biological parent's name redaction request forms. All of the following information shall be provided: (A) The purpose of the form;(B) The procedures to be followed and requirements to be met for the department to accept the form;(C) The date when biological parents may begin to file the form with the department;(D) The date when the form may no longer be filed with the department;(E) The procedures to be followed and requirements to be met for having the form removed from an adopted person's adoption file;(F) Any other information the department considers necessary.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.393 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.393 | Attachment of Social and Medical History Form to Other Forms.

Effective: March 20, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly|The department of health shall attach a social and medical history form prescribed under section 3107.09 of the Revised Code to each contact preference form and biological parent's name redaction request form it makes available to a biological parent pursuant to section 3107.39 or 3107.391 of the Revised Code. A biological parent for whom such a form was not completed in accordance with section 3107.09 of the Revised Code may complete the form. In completing the form, the biological parent may include information described in division (C) of section 3107.09 of the Revised Code. The biological parent shall return the form to the department after completing it to the extent that the biological parent chooses to provide information. Access to a social and medical history form completed under this section shall be granted in accordance with division (D) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code.A biological parent who completes a social and medical history form under this section may correct or expand information included on the form in accordance with division (D) of section 3107.09 of the Revised Code.This section does not preclude a biological parent from completing a social and medical history in accordance with section 3107.091 of the Revised Code instead of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.394 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.394 | System for Contacting Biological Parents Regarding Medical History.

Effective: March 20, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly|(A) The department of health shall establish a system by which an adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person may request that the department mail to the adopted person's biological parent a question that the adopted person or lineal descendant has about the biological parent's medical history if both of the following apply: (1) The adopted person or lineal descendant received a copy of the contents of the adopted person's adoption file under section 3107.38 of the Revised Code with the biological parent's name redacted.(2) The adopted person's adoption file continues to contain a biological parent's name redaction request form for the biological parent at the time the adopted person or lineal descendant makes the request to the department.(B) The department shall mail to a biological parent a question it receives from an adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person under division (A) of this section if all of the following apply:(1) The adopted person or lineal descendant provides the department information needed for the department to find the adopted person's adoption file.(2) The department has the biological parent's mailing address.(3) The adopted person or lineal descendant complies with all of the department's requirements for accepting the question.(C) A biological parent who receives a question under division (B) of this section may provide an answer to the department. If the department receives the biological parent's answer, it shall forward the answer to the adopted person or lineal descendant who asked the question.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.45 | Access to Adoption Records Additional Definitions.

Effective: March 20, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly|As used in sections 3107.45 to 3107.53 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adopted person" means a person who, as a minor, was adopted and who, on or after September 18, 1996, became available or potentially available for adoption. For the purpose of this division, a person was available or potentially available for adoption on or after September 18, 1996, if, on or after that date, either of the following occurred:(1) At least one of the person's birth parents executed consent to the person's adoption.(2) A probate court entered a finding that the consent of at least one of the person's birth parents to the person's adoption was not needed as determined pursuant to section 3107.07 of the Revised Code.(B) "Adoption file" means the file maintained by the department of health under sections 3705.12 to 3705.124 of the Revised Code.(C) "Adoptive parent" means a person who adopted an adopted person.(D) "Authorization of release form" means the form prescribed under division (A)(2) of section 3107.50 of the Revised Code.(E) "Birth parent" means the biological parent of an adopted person.(F) "Birth sibling" means a biological sibling of an adopted person.(G) "Denial of release form" means either of the following:(1) The component of the form prescribed under division (A)(1)(b) of section 3107.083 if the birth parent checked the "no" space provided on that component.(2) The form prescribed under division (A)(1) of section 3107.50 of the Revised Code.(H) "Effective denial of release form" means a denial of release form that has not been rescinded by an authorization of release form pursuant to division (B) of section 3107.46 of the Revised Code.(I) "Final decree of adoption" includes an interlocutory order of adoption that has become final.(J) "Identifying information" has the same meaning as in section 3107.01 of the Revised Code.(K) "Items of identification" include a motor vehicle driver's or commercial driver's license, an identification card issued under sections 4507.50 to 4507.52 of the Revised Code, a marriage application, a social security card, a credit card, a military identification card, or an employee identification card.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.46 | Birth Parent May File Denial of Release.

Effective: September 18, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly|(A) A birth parent who did not check, pursuant to section 3107.071, 3107.081, or 5103.151 of the Revised Code, the "no" space provided on the component of the form prescribed pursuant to division (A)(1)(b) of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code may sign, date, and have filed with the department of health a denial of release form prescribed under section 3107.50 of the Revised Code. A birth parent who signs an authorization of release form under division (B) of this section may rescind that form by signing, dating, and having filed with the department of health a denial of release form prescribed under section 3107.50 of the Revised Code. If, at the time of submitting the denial of release form, the birth parent provides the department two items of identification, the department shall file the form in the adoption file of the adopted person indicated on the form.(B) If an adoption file contains a birth parent's denial of release form, the birth parent may rescind that form by signing, dating, and having filed with the department of health an authorization of release form. If, at the time of submitting the authorization of release form, the birth parent provides the department two items of identification, the department shall file the form in the adoption file of the adopted person indicated on the form.(C) After a birth parent submits a denial of release form or an authorization of release form under this section, the department of health shall provide the birth parent a copy of the form.(D) A birth parent may rescind an authorization of release form pursuant to division (A) of this section and rescind a denial of release form pursuant to division (B) of this section as many times as the birth parent wishes.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.48 | Adoptee's Request for Assistance to Birth Parent or Sibling in Finding Name by Adoption.

Effective: September 18, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly|(A) An adopted person age twenty-one or older may submit a request with the department of health for the department to assist the adopted person's birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption pursuant to section 3107.49 of the Revised Code. The adopted person shall submit the request on a form prescribed by the department under section 3107.51 of the Revised Code. If the adopted person provides all the information required by section 3107.51 of the Revised Code on the form, the department shall file it in the adopted person's adoption file and assist the birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption unless the adopted person rescinds the request pursuant to division (B) of this section.(B) An adopted person who has requested under division (A) of this section that the department of health assist the adopted person's birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption pursuant to section 3107.49 of the Revised Code may rescind the request and prohibit the department from assisting the birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption pursuant to section 3107.49 of the Revised Code. The department shall remove the request from the adopted person's adoption file and destroy the request to rescind the request if the adopted person does both of the following:(1) Makes a written request to the department;(2) Provides to the department the adopted person's residence address, notarized signature, and two items of identification of the adopted person.(C) An adopted person may submit requests under division (A) of this section and rescind requests under division (B) of this section as many times as the adopted person wishes.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.50 | Forms for Denial or Authorization of Release.

Effective: June 20, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly|(A) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the department of health shall prescribe the following forms:(1) A denial of release form to be used by a birth parent under division (A) of section 3107.46 of the Revised Code. The form shall explain that the birth parent may rescind the denial of release at any time by signing, dating, and having filed with the department of health an authorization of release form pursuant to division (B) of section 3107.46 of the Revised Code.(2) An authorization of release form to be used by a birth parent under division (B) of section 3107.46 of the Revised Code. The form shall state that the birth parent may rescind the authorization of release at any time by signing, dating, and having filed with the department of health a denial of release form pursuant to division (A) of that section.(B) On request of a birth parent, the department shall provide a copy of a denial of release form or authorization of release form to the birth parent.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.51 | Form for Adoptee's Request for Assistance.

Effective: June 20, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly|(A) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the department of health shall prescribe a form with which an adopted person may make a request under division (A) of section 3107.48 of the Revised Code. The form shall require all of the following information:(1) The residence address of the adopted person;(2) The adopted person's name and date of birth as it appears on the adopted person's new birth record;(3) The notarized signature of the adopted person;(4) Any other information considered necessary by the department.(B) The form shall include instructions that explain how it is to be completed and filed with the department. The department shall include on the form information that advises the adopted person that the adopted person may, in accordance with division (B) of section 3107.48 of the Revised Code, rescind the request at any time, and shall include instructions on how to do so.(C) On request of an adopted person, the department shall provide the adopted person with a copy of the form.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.52 | Access to Records.

Effective: September 18, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly|(A) The department of health's records pertaining to proceedings under sections 3107.45 to 3107.53 of the Revised Code are not public records subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.(B) No person who is the subject of personal information contained in a record listed in division (A) of this section may inspect or copy all or part of any such record except pursuant to section 3107.47 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.53 | Immunity.

Effective: September 18, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly|No officer or employee of the department of health who releases any information contained in an adopted person's adoption file or provides a copy of the contents of an adopted person's adoption file to a person who requests the copy pursuant to section 3107.47 or 3107.49 of the Revised Code is liable in damages in a civil action to any person for injury, death, or loss allegedly arising from the release to the person or is criminally liable for the release if the officer or employee releases the information or copy in accordance with section 3107.47 or 3107.49 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3107.60 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children|Chapter 3107 | Adoption|Section 3107.60 | Open Adoption Definitions.

Effective: April 7, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly|As used in sections 3107.60 to 3107.68 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agency," "attorney," and "identifying information" have the same meanings as in section 3107.01 of the Revised Code.(B) "Nonidentifying information" means one of the following:(1) In relation to a birth parent, any information that is not identifying information, including all of the following:(a) A birth parent's age at the time the birth parent's child is adopted;(b) The medical and genetic history of the birth parents;(c) The age, sex, and medical and genetic history of an adopted person's birth sibling and extended family members;(d) A person's heritage and ethnic background, educational level, general physical appearance, religion, occupation, and cause of death;(e) Any information that may be included in a social and medical history as specified in divisions (B) and (C) of section 3107.09 of the Revised Code.(2) In relation to an adoptive parent, subject to a determination made pursuant to division (E) of section 3107.66 of the Revised Code, any information that is not identifying information, including all of the following:(a) An adoptive parent's age at the time of adoption;(b) An adoptive sibling's age at the time of adoption;(c) The heritage, ethnic background, religion, educational level, and occupation of the adoptive parent;(d) General information known about the well-being of the adoptee before and after the adoption.