reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.101 | Post-Placement Prospective Adoptive Home Visit.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Not later than seven days after a minor to be adopted is placed in a prospective adoptive home pursuant to section 5103.16 of the Revised Code, the assessor providing placement or post placement services in the prospective adoptive home shall begin monthly prospective adoptive home visits in that home, until the court issues a final decree of adoption. During the prospective adoptive home visits, the assessor shall evaluate the progression of the placement in the prospective adoptive home. The assessor shall include the evaluation in the prefinalization assessment required under section 3107.12 of the Revised Code.
(B) During the prospective home visit required under division (A) of this section, the assessor shall make face-to-face contact with the prospective adoptive parent and the minor to be adopted. The assessor shall make contact, as prescribed by rule under division (C) of this section, with all other children or adults residing in the prospective adoptive home.
(C) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary for the implementation and execution of this section.
(D) This section does not apply to an adoption by a stepparent whose spouse is a biological or adoptive parent of the minor to be adopted.
Last updated September 28, 2023 at 12:25 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.11 | Hearing - Notice.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) After the filing of a petition to adopt an adult or a minor, the court shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition. The hearing may take place at any time more than thirty days after the date on which the minor is placed in the home of the petitioner. At least twenty days before the date of hearing, notice of the filing of the petition and of the time and place of hearing shall be given by the court to all of the following:
(1) Any juvenile court, agency, or person whose consent to the adoption is required by this chapter but who has not consented;
(2) A person whose consent is not required as provided by division (A), (G), (H), or (I) of section 3107.07 of the Revised Code and has not consented;
(3) Any guardian, custodian, or other party who has temporary custody or permanent custody of the child.
Notice shall not be given to a person whose consent is not required as provided by division (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), or (J) of section 3107.07, or section 3107.071, of the Revised Code. Second notice shall not be given to a juvenile court, agency, or person whose consent is not required as provided by division (K) of section 3107.07 of the Revised Code because the court, agency, or person failed to file an objection to the petition within fourteen days after proof was filed pursuant to division (B) of this section that a first notice was given to the court, agency, or person pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section.
(B) Upon the filing of a petition for adoption that alleges that a parent has failed without justifiable cause to provide more than de minimis contact with the minor or to provide for the maintenance and support of the minor, the clerk of courts shall send a notice to that parent with the following language in boldface type and in all capital letters:
"A FINAL DECREE OF ADOPTION, IF GRANTED, WILL RELIEVE YOU OF ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO CONTACT THE MINOR, AND, EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO A SPOUSE OF THE ADOPTION PETITIONER AND RELATIVES OF THAT SPOUSE, TERMINATE ALL LEGAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE MINOR AND YOU AND THE MINOR'S OTHER RELATIVES, SO THAT THE MINOR THEREAFTER IS A STRANGER TO YOU AND THE MINOR'S FORMER RELATIVES FOR ALL PURPOSES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DIVISION (A)(1)(b) OF SECTION 3107.15 OF THE REVISED CODE. IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST THE ADOPTION, YOU MUST FILE AN OBJECTION TO THE PETITION WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER PROOF OF SERVICE OF NOTICE OF THE FILING OF THE PETITION AND OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING IS GIVEN TO YOU. IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST THE ADOPTION, YOU MUST ALSO APPEAR AT THE HEARING. A FINAL DECREE OF ADOPTION MAY BE ENTERED IF YOU FAIL TO FILE AN OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION PETITION OR APPEAR AT THE HEARING."
(C) All notices required under this section shall be given as specified in the Rules of Civil Procedure. Proof of the giving of notice shall be filed with the court before the petition is heard.
Last updated August 11, 2021 at 12:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.13 | Waiting Period Prior to Finality.

Effective:
October 5, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) A final decree of adoption shall not be issued and an interlocutory order of adoption does not become final, until the person to be adopted has lived in the adoptive home for at least six months after placement by an agency, or for at least six months after the department of job and family services or the court has been informed of the placement of the person with the petitioner, and the department or court has had an opportunity to observe or investigate the adoptive home, or in the case of adoption by a stepparent, until at least six months after the filing of the petition, or until the child has lived in the home for at least six months.
(B) In the case of a foster caregiver adopting a foster child or person adopting a child to whom the person is related, the court shall apply the amount of time the child lived in the foster caregiver's or relative's home prior to the date the foster caregiver or relative files the petition to adopt the child toward the six-month waiting period established by division (A) of this section.
Last updated September 28, 2023 at 12:31 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.14 | Presence of Petitioner and Adoptee at Hearing - Continuance - Final Decree or Interlocutory Order.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The petitioner and the person sought to be adopted shall appear at the hearing on the petition, unless the presence of either is excused by the court for good cause shown.
(B) The court may continue the hearing from time to time to permit further observation, investigation, or consideration of any facts or circumstances affecting the granting of the petition, and may examine the petitioners separate and apart from each other.
(C) If, at the conclusion of the hearing, the court finds that the required consents have been obtained or excused and that the adoption is in the best interest of the person sought to be adopted as supported by the evidence, it may issue, subject to division (C)(1) of section 2151.86, section 3107.064, and division (E) of section 3107.09 of the Revised Code, and any other limitations specified in this chapter, a final decree of adoption or an interlocutory order of adoption, which by its own terms automatically becomes a final decree of adoption on a date specified in the order, which, except as provided in division (B) of section 3107.13 of the Revised Code, shall not be less than six months or more than one year from the date the person to be adopted is placed in the petitioner's home, unless sooner vacated by the court for good cause shown. In determining whether the adoption is in the best interest of the person sought to be adopted, the court shall not consider the age of the petitioner if the petitioner is old enough to adopt as provided by section 3107.03 of the Revised Code.
In an interlocutory order of adoption, the court shall provide for observation, investigation, and a further report on the adoptive home during the interlocutory period.
(D) If the requirements for a decree under division (C) of this section have not been satisfied or the court vacates an interlocutory order of adoption, or if the court finds that a person sought to be adopted was placed in the home of the petitioner in violation of law, the court shall dismiss the petition and may determine the agency or person to have temporary or permanent custody of the person, which may include the agency or person that had custody prior to the filing of the petition or the petitioner, if the court finds it is in the best interest of the person as supported by the evidence, or if the person is a minor, the court may certify the case to the juvenile court of the county where the minor is then residing for appropriate action and disposition.
(E) The issuance of a final decree or interlocutory order of adoption for an adult adoption under division (A)(4) of section 3107.02 of the Revised Code shall not disqualify that adult for services under section 2151.82 or 2151.83 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.141 | Redoing or Supplementing of Report or History.

Effective:
March 20, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly
After an assessor files a home study report under section 3107.031, a social and medical history under section 3107.09, or a prefinalization assessment report under section 3107.12 of the Revised Code, or the department of job and family services or department of health files a social and medical history under section 3107.091 or 3107.393 of the Revised Code, a court may do either or both of the following if the court determines the report or history does not comply with the requirements governing the report or history or, in the case of a home study or prefinalization assessment report, does not enable the court to determine whether an adoption is in the best interest of the minor to be adopted:
(A) Order the assessor or department to redo or supplement the report or history in a manner the court directs;
(B) Appoint a different assessor to redo or supplement the report or history in a manner the court directs.
Last updated September 28, 2023 at 12:32 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.16 | Appeals.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 250 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Appeals from the probate court are subject to the Rules of Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with those rules, Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code. Unless there is good cause for delay, appeals shall be heard on an expedited basis.
(B) Subject to the disposition of an appeal, upon the expiration of six months after an adoption decree is issued, the decree cannot be questioned by any person, including the petitioner, in any manner or upon any ground, including fraud, misrepresentation, failure to give any required notice, or lack of jurisdiction of the parties or of the subject matter, unless, in the case of the adoption of a minor, the petitioner has not taken custody of the minor, or, in the case of the adoption of a minor by a stepparent, the adoption would not have been granted but for fraud perpetrated by the petitioner or the petitioner's spouse, or, in the case of the adoption of an adult, the adult had no knowledge of the decree within the six-month period.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.161 | Determining Best Interest of Child in Contested Adoption - Burden of Proof.

Effective:
November 6, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 292 - 121st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "the least detrimental available alternative" means the alternative that would have the least long-term negative impact on the child.
(B) When a court makes a determination in a contested adoption concerning the best interest of a child, the court shall consider all relevant factors including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) The least detrimental available alternative for safeguarding the child's growth and development;
(2) The age and health of the child at the time the best interest determination is made and, if applicable, at the time the child was removed from the home;
(3) The wishes of the child in any case in which the child's age and maturity makes this feasible;
(4) The duration of the separation of the child from a parent;
(5) Whether the child will be able to enter into a more stable and permanent family relationship, taking into account the conditions of the child's current placement, the likelihood of future placements, and the results of prior placements;
(6) The likelihood of safe reunification with a parent within a reasonable period of time;
(7) The importance of providing permanency, stability, and continuity of relationships for the child;
(8) The child's interaction and interrelationship with the child's parents, siblings, and any other person who may significantly affect the child's best interest;
(9) The child's adjustment to the child's current home, school, and community;
(10) The mental and physical health of all persons involved in the situation;
(11) Whether any person involved in the situation has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or accused of any criminal offense involving any act that resulted in a child being abused or neglected; whether the person, in a case in which a child has been adjudicated to be an abused or neglected child, has been determined to be the perpetrator of the abusive or neglectful act that is the basis of the adjudication; whether the person has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or accused of a violation of section 2919.25 of the Revised Code involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the person's family or household; and whether the person has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or accused of any offense involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the person's family or household and caused physical harm to the victim in the commission of the offense.
(C) A person who contests an adoption has the burden of providing the court material evidence needed to determine what is in the best interest of the child and must establish that the child's current placement is not the least detrimental available alternative.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.61 | Birth Parent May Request Profiles of Prospective Adoptive Parents and Express Preference.

Effective:
September 18, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly
At the request of a birth parent who voluntarily chooses to have a child placed for adoption, the agency or attorney arranging the child's placement and adoption may provide the birth parent profiles of prospective adoptive parents who an assessor has recommended pursuant to a home study under section 3107.031 of the Revised Code be approved to adopt a child. At the request of the birth parent, the agency or attorney may include identifying information about a prospective adoptive parent in the profile if the prospective adoptive parent agrees to the inclusion of the identifying information. If a birth parent chooses a prospective adoptive parent from a profile, the agency or attorney shall give that prospective adoptive parent priority when determining with whom the agency or attorney will place the child.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.62 | Nonbinding Open Adoption Notice.

Effective:
September 18, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 274 - 121st General Assembly
An agency or attorney arranging a child's adoptive placement shall inform the child's birth parent and prospective adoptive parent that the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent may enter into a nonbinding open adoption in accordance with section 3107.63 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.63 | Birth Parent May Request Open Adoption Agreement.

Effective:
September 18, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly
(A) A birth parent who voluntarily chooses to have the birth parent's child placed for adoption may request that the agency or attorney arranging the child's adoptive placement provide for the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent to enter into an open adoption with terms acceptable to the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the agency or attorney shall provide for the open adoption if the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent agree to the terms of the open adoption.
(B) An agency or attorney arranging a child's adoptive placement may refuse to provide for the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent to enter into an open adoption. If the agency or attorney refuses, the agency or attorney shall offer to refer the birth parent to another agency or attorney the agency or attorney knows will provide for the open adoption.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.65 | Terms Prohibited in Open Adoption.

Effective:
September 18, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 274 - 121st General Assembly
(A) No open adoption shall do any of the following:
(1) Provide for the birth parent to share with the prospective adoptive parent parental control and authority over the child placed for adoption or in any manner limit the adoptive parent's full parental control and authority over the adopted child;
(2) Deny the adoptive parent or child access to forms pertaining to the social or medical histories of the birth parent if the adoptive parent or child is entitled to them under section 3107.17 of the Revised Code;
(3) Deny the adoptive parent or child access to a copy of the contents of the child's adoption file if the adoptive parent or child is entitled to them under section 3107.47 of the Revised Code;
(4) Deny the adoptive parent, child, birth parent, birth sibling, or other relative access to nonidentifying information that is accessible pursuant to section 3107.66 of the Revised Code or to materials, photographs, or information that is accessible pursuant to section 3107.68 of the Revised Code;
(5) Provide for the open adoption to be binding or enforceable.
(B) A probate court may not refuse to approve a proposed placement pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 5103.16 of the Revised Code or to issue a final decree of adoption or interlocutory order of adoption under section 3107.14 of the Revised Code on the grounds that the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent have entered into an open adoption unless the court issues a finding that the terms of the open adoption violate division (A) of this section or are not in the best interest of the child. A probate court may not issue a final decree of adoption or interlocutory order of adoption that nullifies or alters the terms of an open adoption unless the court issues a finding that the terms violate division (A) of this section or are not in the best interest of the child.
(C) Subject to divisions (A) and (B) of this section, an open adoption may provide for the exchange of any information, including identifying information, and have any other terms. All terms of an open adoption are voluntary and any person who has entered into an open adoption may withdraw from the open adoption at any time. An open adoption is not enforceable. At the request of a person who has withdrawn from an open adoption, the court with jurisdiction over the adoption shall issue an order barring any other person who was a party to the open adoption from taking any action pursuant to the open adoption.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.67 | Transfer of Records to Probate Court When Agency or Attorney Permanently Ceases Arranging Adoptions.

Effective:
September 18, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly
(A) For the purpose of division (C) of section 3107.66 of the Revised Code, an agency or attorney that arranged an adoption shall provide the probate court that finalized the adoption with the agency's or attorney's records of the adoption when the agency or attorney permanently ceases to arrange adoptions.
If an agency permanently ceases to arrange adoptions because the person operating the agency has died or become incapacitated or the attorney ceases to arrange adoptions because the attorney has died or become incapacitated, the person responsible for disposing of the agency's or attorney's records shall provide the court with the adoption records. If no one is responsible for disposing of the records, the person responsible for administering the estate or managing the resources of the attorney or the person who operated the agency shall provide the court with the adoption records.
If the attorney who permanently ceases to arrange adoptions is in practice with another attorney, the attorney may provide the adoption records to the other attorney rather than the court if the other attorney agrees to act in the place of the first attorney for the purpose of section 3107.66 of the Revised Code. The person responsible for the practice of the first attorney shall provide the adoption records to the probate court that finalized the adoption when the practice no longer includes an attorney who agrees to act in the first attorney's place for the purpose of section 3107.66 of the Revised Code.
(B) A probate court that receives adoption records under division (A) of this section may transfer the records to a person or governmental entity that voluntarily accepts the records. If the court finds a person or governmental entity that accepts the adoption records, the court shall maintain a directory for the purpose of informing a person seeking the records where the records are held.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.68 | Providing of Materials, Photographs and Birth Parent's First Name to Child or Adoptive Parent.

Effective:
September 18, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly
A birth parent who signs the component of the form prescribed pursuant to division (A)(1)(d), or (B)(1)(c), of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code shall provide the materials the birth parent requests be given to the birth parent's child or adoptive parent to the agency or attorney arranging the adoption. At the request of the birth parent's child or adoptive parent, the agency or attorney shall provide the materials to the child or adoptive parent.
A birth parent who signs the component of the form prescribed pursuant to division (A)(1)(e), or (B)(1)(d), of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code shall provide the photographs of the birth parent that the birth parent requests be given to the birth parent's child or adoptive parent to the agency or attorney arranging the adoption. At the request of the birth parent's child or adoptive parent, the agency or attorney shall provide the photographs to the child or adoptive parent.
If a birth parent has signed the component of the form prescribed pursuant to division (A)(1)(f), or (B)(1)(e), of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code authorizing the agency or attorney that arranged the adoption of the birth parent's child to provide the child or adoptive parent the first name of the birth parent, the agency or attorney may provide the birth parent's first name to the child or adoptive parent at the request of the child or adoptive parent.
An agency or attorney arranging a child's adoption shall provide the adoptive parent the child's social security number.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3107 | Adoption › Section 3107.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 18, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 419 - 121st General Assembly
Whoever violates division (B)(1) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3109 | Children › Section 3109.01 | Age of Majority.

Effective:
January 1, 1974
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 1 - 110th General Assembly
All persons of the age of eighteen years or more, who are under no legal disability, are capable of contracting and are of full age for all purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 31 | Domestic Relations-Children › Chapter 3109 | Children › Section 3109.011 | Capacity of Person Given Consent to Marry.

Effective:
April 8, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 511 - 132nd General Assembly
A person granted consent to marry under section 3101.04 of the Revised Code has the capacity of a person of the age of eighteen years or more, as described in section 3109.01 of the Revised Code, except that the person is not a qualified elector for purposes of Chapter 3503. of the Revised Code.