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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.327 - Consent by organization located outside Oregon.

(1) An agency or other organization, public or private, located entirely outside of this state, or an authorized officer or executive thereof, acting in loco parentis, may consent to the adoption of a child under the custody, control or guardianship of such agency or organization or officer or executive thereof, if such agency or organization or officer or executive thereof is licensed or otherwise has authority in the jurisdiction in which such agency or other organization is located to consent to adoptions in loco parentis. When consent is given under this section, no other consent is required. The license or other authority to consent to adoption in loco parentis shall be conclusively presumed upon the filing with the court of a duly certified statement from an appropriate governmental agency of such other state that such agency or organization or officer or executive is licensed or otherwise has authority in such state to consent to adoptions in loco parentis.
(2) When consent is given under this section, there shall be filed in the adoption proceeding:
(a) A certified copy of the court order, or the written authorization from the parent, parents or other person, or both a court order and such written authorization, as the case may be, that enables consent to be given in loco parentis under the law of such other jurisdiction; and
(b) Written formal consent by the agency or other organization, or the officer or executive thereof, to the proposed adoption, showing that sufficient and satisfactory investigation of the adopting parties has been made and recommending that the adoption be granted. [Formerly 109.318]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.328 - Consent of child 14 years of age or older.

If the child is 14 years of age or older, the adoption shall not be made without the consent of the child. The consent required by this section is in addition to, and not in lieu of, the consent otherwise required by law. [1957 c.710 §9 (109.312 to 109.329 enacted in lieu of 109.320)]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.331 - Consenting agency disclosure of county and case number of adoption proceeding.

The Department of Human Services or an approved child-caring agency of this state that has consented to the adoption of a child under ORS 109.325 shall, upon request and if available, disclose the county in which the adoption was finalized and the case number of the adoption proceeding to:
(1) An adult adoptee;
(2) A birth parent who has consented to the adoption and signed a release and surrender or whose parental rights have been terminated; or
(3) A parent or guardian of a minor child who was the subject of an adoption proceeding. [2015 c.511 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.332 - Grandparent visitation in stepparent adoption.

(1) When a petition has been filed under ORS 109.276 concerning the adoption by a stepparent of a child, a grandparent served with a copy of the petition under ORS 109.285 may file a motion with the court asking the court to award a grandparent the right to regular visitation with the child after the adoption. A motion under this subsection must be filed no later than 30 days after service of the petition.
(2) The court shall award a grandparent visitation rights only if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that:
(a) Establishing visitation rights is in the best interests of the child;
(b) A substantial relationship existed prior to the adoption between the child and the grandparent seeking visitation rights; and
(c) Establishing visitation rights does not substantially interfere with the relationship between the child and the adoptive family.
(3) As used in this section, "grandparent" includes a grandparent who has established custody, visitation or other rights under ORS 109.119. [1993 c.689 §2; 1993 c.717 §10; 1995 c.90 §4; 2001 c.873 §7; 2003 c.258 §3; 2005 c.22 §88; 2013 c.346 §12]
Note:
109.332 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 109 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.335 - Appointment of guardian pending further adoption proceedings.

Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS chapter 125 that relate to the appointment of a guardian, when a petition is filed pursuant to ORS 109.276 for leave to adopt a minor child and the required consent thereto has been filed, the court before which the petition is pending may on its own motion enter an order appointing the petitioner or some other suitable person guardian of the minor child pending further order of the court or entry of a judgment under ORS 109.350. [1965 c.187 §1; 1967 c.231 §1; 1973 c.823 §108; 1995 c.664 §83; 2003 c.576 §149]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.342 - Medical history of child and biological parents required; content; form.

(1) Before any judgment of adoption of a minor is entered, the court shall be provided a medical history of the child and of the biological parents as complete as possible under the circumstances.
(2) When possible, the medical history shall include, but need not be limited to:
(a) A medical history of the adoptee from birth up to the time of adoption, including disease, disability, congenital or birth defects, and records of medical examinations of the child, if any;
(b) Physical characteristics of the biological parents, including age at the time of the adoptee’s birth, height, weight, and color of eyes, hair and skin;
(c) A gynecologic and obstetric history of the biological mother;
(d) A record of potentially inheritable genetic or physical traits or tendencies of the biological parents or their families; and
(e) Any other useful or unusual biological information that the biological parents are willing to provide.
(3) The names of the biological parents shall not be included in the medical history.
(4) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply when a person is adopted by a stepparent.
(5) The Department of Human Services shall prescribe a form for the compilation of the medical history. [1979 c.493 §2; 2003 c.576 §150; 2015 c.511 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.347 - Civil action for failure to pay for counseling; attorney fees.

A birth parent aggrieved by the failure of a prospective adoptive parent or adoptive parent to pay the uninsured costs of adoption-related counseling required by ORS 109.346 may file a civil action in circuit court for payment or reimbursement of the uninsured costs of adoption-related counseling. The court shall award reasonable attorney fees and costs of the action to a prevailing birth parent. [2001 c.586 §3]
Note:
See note under 109.346.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.350 - Judgment of adoption or readoption.

(1) If, upon a petition for adoption or readoption duly presented and consented to, the court is satisfied as to the identity and relations of the persons, that the petitioner is of sufficient ability to bring up the child and furnish suitable nurture and education, having reference to the degree and condition of the parents, and that it is fit and proper that such adoption or readoption be effected, a judgment shall be made setting forth the facts, and ordering that from the date of the judgment the child, to all legal intents and purposes, is the child of the petitioner.
(2)(a) A judgment entered under this section must include:
(A) A finding that the petitioner complied with the inquiry requirements under ORS 419B.636 (2) to determine whether there is reason to know that the child is an Indian child; and
(B) A finding that the child is or is not an Indian child.
(b) In an adoption or readoption of an Indian child, the judgment must include:
(A) The birth name and birthdate of the Indian child, the Indian child’s tribal affiliation and the name of the Indian child after adoption;
(B) The names and addresses of the biological parents;
(C) The names and addresses of the adoptive parents;
(D) The name and contact information for any agency having files or information relating to the adoption;
(E) Any information relating to tribal membership or eligibility for tribal membership of the Indian child;
(F) The determination regarding the Indian child’s residence, domicile and tribal wardship status as required under ORS 419B.621;
(G) A finding that the petitioner complied with the notice requirements under ORS 419B.639;
(H) If an agency consented to the adoption in loco parentis and the Indian child’s tribe has entered into an agreement described in ORS 419B.529 (1)(c)(B), the terms of the agreement; and
(I)(i) A finding that the adoptive placement complies with the placement preferences under ORS 419B.654; or
(ii) If the placement does not comply with the placement preferences under ORS 419B.654 (2), a finding upon the petitioner’s motion under ORS 419B.654 (3) that good cause exists for placement contrary to the placement preferences.
(c) For each of the findings or determinations under this subsection, the court must provide a description of the facts upon which the finding or determination is based.
(d) Upon entry of the judgment of adoption of an Indian child, the state court shall provide to the United States Secretary of the Interior copies of the judgment entered under this section and any document signed by a consenting parent requesting anonymity. [Amended by 1959 c.430 §4; 1983 c.302 §3; 2003 c.576 §152; 2015 c.511 §12; 2021 c.398 §36]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.353 - Notice of voluntary adoption registry required before judgment entered; waiver.

Before a judgment of adoption is entered, the agency or organization facilitating the adoption, or the attorney for the adoptive parents in an independent adoption, shall submit verification to the court that the parents of the child and the petitioners have been advised of the voluntary adoption registry established under ORS 109.450 and have been given information on how to access those services. The court may waive this requirement upon a finding of good cause. [1995 c.730 §5; 1999 c.160 §1; 2003 c.576 §153]
Note:
109.353 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 109 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.360 - Change of adopted child’s name.

If in a petition for the adoption of a child a change of the child’s name is requested, the court, upon entering a judgment granting the adoption, may also provide in the judgment for the change of the name without the notice required by ORS 33.420. [Amended by 1997 c.872 §24; 2003 c.576 §154; 2017 c.100 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.381 - Effect of judgment of adoption.

(1) A judgment of a court of this state granting an adoption, and the proceedings in such adoption matter, shall in all respects be entitled to the same presumptions and be as conclusive as if rendered by a court of record acting in all respects as a court of general jurisdiction and not by a court of special or inferior jurisdiction, and jurisdiction over the persons and the cause shall be presumed to exist.
(2) Except for such right of appeal as may be provided by law, judgments of adoption shall be binding and conclusive upon all parties to the proceeding. No party nor anyone claiming by, through or under a party to an adoption proceeding, may for any reason, either by collateral or direct proceedings, question the validity of a judgment of adoption entered by a court of competent jurisdiction of this or any other state.
(3) After the expiration of one year from the entry of a judgment of adoption in this state the validity of the adoption shall be binding on all persons, and it shall be conclusively presumed that the child’s natural parents and all other persons who might claim to have any right to, or over the child, have abandoned the child and consented to the entry of such judgment of adoption, and that the child became the lawful child of the adoptive parents or parent at the time when the judgment of adoption was rendered, all irrespective of jurisdictional or other defects in the adoption proceeding. After the expiration of the one-year period no one may question the validity of the adoption for any reason, either through collateral or direct proceedings, and all persons shall be bound thereby. However, the provisions of this subsection shall not affect the right of appeal from a judgment of adoption as may be provided by law. [Subsections (1), (2) and (3) enacted as 1959 c.609 §§2,3,4; subsection (4) derived from 1959 c.609 §6; 2003 c.576 §155; 2005 c.22 §89]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.382 - Vacating adoption of Indian child when parental consent to adoption obtained by fraud or duress.

(1) A petition to vacate a judgment of adoption of an Indian child under ORS 109.350 or 419B.529 may be filed in a state or local court of competent jurisdiction by a parent who consented to the adoption.
(2) Upon the filing of a petition under this section, the court shall set a time for a hearing on the petition and provide notice of the petition and hearing to each party to the adoption proceeding and to the Indian child’s tribe.
(3) After a hearing on the petition, the court shall vacate the judgment of adoption if:
(a) The petition is filed no later than four years following the date of the judgment; and
(b) The court finds that the parent’s consent was obtained through fraud or duress.
(4) When the court vacates a judgment of adoption under this section, the court shall also order that the parental rights of the parent whose consent the court found was obtained through fraud or duress be restored. The order restoring parental rights under this section must include a transition plan for the physical custody of the child. [2021 c.398 §33]
Note:
109.382 and 109.383 were added to and made a part of 109.266 to 109.410 by legislative action but were not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.390 - Authority of Department of Human Services or child-caring agency in adoption proceedings.

When the Department of Human Services or an approved child-caring agency has the right to consent to the adoption of a child, the department or agency may:
(1) If it deems the action necessary or proper, become a party to any proceeding for the adoption of the child.
(2) Appear in court where a proceeding for the adoption of the child is pending.
(3) Give or withhold consent in loco parentis to the adoption of the child only in accordance with ORS 109.325. [1957 c.710 §14; 1971 c.401 §6; 2005 c.22 §90]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.400 - Adoption report form.

(1) When a petition for adoption is filed with a court, the petitioner or the petitioner’s attorney shall file with the petition an adoption report form as provided in ORS 432.223.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 109.289, if the court enters a judgment of adoption, the clerk of the court shall review the personal particulars filled in on the form, shall fill in the remaining blanks on the form, shall certify the form and mail it to the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics as the adoption report as required under ORS 432.223. [1959 c.430 §1; 1983 c.709 §41; 1997 c.783 §45; 2003 c.576 §156; 2013 c.346 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.410 - Certificate of adoption; form; persons eligible to receive certificate; status.

(1) The clerk of the court having custody of the adoption file shall issue upon request a certificate of adoption to the adopted person, the adoptive parents or parent, their attorney of record, in the proceeding, or to any child-placing agency which gave consent to the adoption. The certificate shall be substantially in the following form:
______________________________________________________________________________
CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION
IN THE ________ COURT
OF THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY OF
___________
In the Matter of the Adoption of:
___________________________
File No.___________
Name after Adoption
This is to certify that on the ___ day of ________, 2___, a Judgment of Adoption was granted by the Honorable Judge ____________ granting the adoption of the above-named person by _________________.
The adopted person, above named, was born in the City of ___________, County of ________, State of ________, on the __ day of _____, 2__.
Dated at ________, Oregon, this __ day of ___, 2__.
(SEAL) By _______________
Deputy
______________________________________________________________________________
(2) The certificate of adoption may be issued by the judge who granted the adoption, instead of by the clerk of the court.
(3) The certificate of adoption shall not state the former name of the person adopted, unless the name was not changed by the judgment, and shall not state the name of either biological parent of the person adopted. However, if the adoption was by the adopted person’s stepparent, the name of the adopting stepparent’s spouse may be set forth in the certificate if requested.
(4) No certificate of adoption shall be issued to any person other than the persons described in subsection (1) of this section without order of the court.
(5) For all purposes, the certificate of adoption shall constitute legal proof of the facts set forth therein, shall have the same force and effect and the same presumptions of validity as the judgment of adoption, and shall be entitled to full faith and credit. [1979 c.397 §2; 1985 c.496 §24; 2003 c.576 §157; 2015 c.512 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.430 - Policy and purpose.

It is the policy of this state that adoption is based upon the legal termination of parental rights and responsibilities of birth parents and the creation of the legal relationship of parents and child between an adoptee and the adoptive parents. These legal and social premises underlying adoption must be maintained. The state recognizes that some persons who were adopted as children have a strong desire to obtain identifying information about their birth parents, putative father or genetic siblings while other such adoptees have no such desire. The state further recognizes that some birth parents have a strong desire to obtain identifying information about their biological children who were adopted, while other birth parents have no such desire. The state fully recognizes the right to privacy and confidentiality of birth parents whose children were adopted, the adoptees and the adoptive parents. The purpose of ORS 109.425 to 109.507 and 432.250 is to:
(1) Set up a voluntary adoption registry where birth parents, putative fathers, adoptees and genetic siblings of adoptees may register their willingness to the release of identifying information to each other;
(2) Provide for the disclosure of identifying information to birth parents and their progeny through a person employed or approved by a licensed adoption agency or the Department of Human Services, if the relevant persons for such disclosure are registered;
(3) Provide for the transmission of nonidentifying health and genetic and social histories of adoptees, birth parents, putative fathers, genetic siblings of adoptees and other specified persons; and
(4) Provide for disclosure of specific identifying information to Indian tribes or governmental agencies when needed to establish the adoptee’s eligibility for tribal membership or for benefits or to a person responsible for settling an estate that refers to the adoptee. [1983 c.672 §1; 1989 c.372 §5; 1995 c.79 §40; 1995 c.730 §8; 1997 c.442 §2; 2013 c.346 §15; 2015 c.200 §2]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.435 - Adoption records to be permanently maintained.

(1) All records of any adoption finalized in this state shall be permanently maintained by the Department of Human Services or by the agency arranging the adoption.
(2) If an agency which handles adoptions ceases to do business, the agency shall transfer the adoption records to the department or to a successor agency, if the agency gives notice of the transfer to the department. [1983 c.672 §3]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.445 - Information of registry confidential.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the information acquired by any voluntary adoption registry shall not be disclosed under any freedom of information legislation, rules or practice.
(2) A class action suit shall not be maintained in any court of this state to require the registry to disclose identifying information. [1983 c.672 §5]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.450 - Child placement agency to maintain registry; Department of Human Services duties.

(1) A voluntary adoption registry shall be established and maintained by each agency or its successor agency. An agency may delegate or contract with another agency to establish, maintain and operate the registry for the delegating agency.
(2) The Department of Human Services shall establish, maintain and operate the registry for all adoptions not arranged through a licensed agency. The department may contract out the function of establishing, maintaining and operating the registry to another agency. The department may join a voluntary national or international registry and make its records available in the manner authorized by ORS 109.425 to 109.507. However, if the rules of disclosure of such a voluntary organization differ from those prescribed in ORS 109.425 to 109.507, ORS 109.425 to 109.507 shall prevail. [1983 c.672 §6; 1995 c.79 §42; 1995 c.730 §10; 2015 c.200 §16]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.455 - Persons eligible to use registry.

(1) Only a birth parent, adult adoptee, adult genetic sibling of an adoptee, parent or guardian of a minor adoptee or of a minor genetic sibling of an adoptee, adoptive parent of a deceased adoptee and parents or adult siblings of a deceased birth parent may use the registry for obtaining identifying information about birth parents, putative fathers, adoptees and genetic siblings of adoptees.
(2) A putative father may not use the registry to obtain identifying information but may register to authorize release of identifying information under ORS 109.460. [1983 c.672 §7; 1989 c.372 §2; 1997 c.442 §3; 2015 c.200 §3]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.465 - Content of affidavit; notice of change in information.

(1) The affidavit required under ORS 109.460 shall contain:
(a) The current name and address of the registrant and, where the registrant is the parent or guardian of a minor adoptee or of a minor genetic sibling of an adoptee, the current name and address of the minor adoptee or sibling;
(b) Any previous name by which the registrant and, where applicable, the minor, was known;
(c) The original or adopted names of the adopted child;
(d) The place and date of birth of the adopted child, if known; and
(e) The name and address of the agency, if known.
(2) The registrant shall notify the registry of any change in name or address that occurs after the registrant registers. Upon registering, the registry shall inform the registrant that the registrant has the responsibility to notify the registry of a change in address. The registry is not required to search for a registrant who fails to notify the registry of a change in address.
(3) A registrant may cancel the registrant’s registration at any time by giving the registry written notice of the registrant’s desire to cancel. [1983 c.672 §9; 2015 c.200 §5]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.470 - Continuing registration by birth parent or putative father; reregistration by minor as adult; fee.

(1) When an adoptee reaches age 18, a birth parent of the adoptee, if the birth parent registered with the registry before the adoptee was age 18, shall notify the registry in writing only if the birth parent does not desire to continue the registration.
(2) When an adoptee reaches age 18, a putative father of the adoptee, if the putative father registered with the registry before the adoptee was age 18, shall notify the registry in writing only if the putative father does not desire to continue the registration.
(3) When an adoptee or genetic sibling of an adoptee reaches age 18, the adoptee or sibling, if the parent or guardian of the adoptee or sibling registered with the registry before the adoptee or sibling was age 18, must reregister with the registry as an adult in accordance with ORS 109.460. If the adoptee or sibling reregisters, the registration fee will be waived.
(4) A registry shall notify a birth parent, putative father or parent or guardian of a minor adoptee or of a minor genetic sibling of an adoptee of this requirement when the birth parent, putative father or parent or guardian initially registers. [1983 c.672 §10; 1989 c.372 §3; 1997 c.442 §5; 1999 c.650 §1; 2015 c.200 §6]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.475 - Processing affidavits; notification of match.

(1) Upon receipt of the affidavit under ORS 109.460, the registry shall process each affidavit in an attempt to match the adoptee, the birth parent, the putative father, the genetic siblings, the progeny of a deceased adoptee, a deceased genetic sibling of an adoptee or a deceased birth parent of an adoptee, the adoptive parent of a deceased adoptee or the parents or adult sibling of a deceased birth parent. The processing shall include research from agency records, and if necessary from court records, to determine whether the registrants match.
(2) If the registry determines there is a match and if the relevant persons have registered with the registry and received the counseling required by ORS 109.480, notification of the match may be given by a registry to only:
(a) A birth parent of an adult adoptee;
(b) An adult adoptee;
(c) The parent or guardian of a minor adoptee or of a minor genetic sibling of an adoptee;
(d) The adult genetic siblings of an adult adoptee;
(e) At the discretion of the agency operating the registry, parents or adult siblings of the birth parent if the birth parent is deceased;
(f) At the discretion of the agency operating the registry, the adoptive parent of a deceased adoptee; or
(g) At the discretion of the agency operating the registry, the adult progeny, or the parent or guardian of minor progeny, of a deceased adoptee, a deceased genetic sibling of an adoptee or a deceased birth parent of an adoptee for the purposes set forth in ORS 109.460 (2).
(3) Notification of a match to the relevant parties shall be made through a direct and confidential contact. [1983 c.672 §11; 1997 c.442 §6; 2015 c.200 §7]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.480 - Counseling of registrant.

(1) Upon the determination of a match but before identifying information is disclosed, the registrant shall, at the discretion of the agency operating the registry, participate in counseling with a person employed or approved by the registry.
(2) The counseling required under subsection (1) of this section shall place an emphasis on an evaluation of the need for and the effect of the information or contact on the genetic family members and the relationships within the adoptive family. [1983 c.672 §12; 2015 c.200 §8]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.490 - Limits on releasing information.

A registry shall release only information necessary for identifying a birth parent, a putative father, an adult adoptee, an adult genetic sibling, the adult progeny, or the parent or guardian of minor progeny, of a deceased adoptee, a deceased genetic sibling of an adoptee or a deceased birth parent of an adoptee, or the county in which an adoption was finalized. A registry may not release information of any kind pertaining to:
(1) The adoptive parents, except for an adoptive parent of a minor adoptee when the adoptive parent has registered in accordance with ORS 109.460;
(2) The siblings of the adult adoptee who are children of the adoptive parents; and
(3) The income of any person. [1983 c.672 §14; 1997 c.442 §7; 2015 c.200 §9]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.495 - Registrant fee.

Costs of establishing and maintaining a registry may be met through reasonable fees charged to all persons who register. [1983 c.672 §15; 1999 c.650 §2]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.500 - Genetic, social and health history; availability; fee.

(1) A genetic and social history and health history which excludes information identifying any birth parent or putative father, member of a birth parent’s or putative father’s family, the adoptee or the adoptive parents of the adoptee, may be provided, if available, from an agency upon request to the following persons:
(a) The adoptive parents of the child or the child’s guardian;
(b) The birth parent of the adoptee;
(c) An adult adoptee; and
(d) In the event of the death of the adoptee:
(A) The adoptee’s spouse if the spouse is the birth parent of the adoptee’s child or the guardian of any child of the adoptee; or
(B) Any progeny of the adoptee who is 18 years of age or older.
(2) The medical history part of the report mentioned in subsection (1) of this section may be in the form prescribed by the Department of Human Services under ORS 109.342.
(3) The agency may charge the person requesting the information requested under subsection (1) of this section the actual cost of providing such information. [1983 c.672 §16; 1989 c.372 §4; 1997 c.442 §8]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.502 - Search for birth parents, putative father, genetic siblings or county where adoption finalized; who may initiate; information required; fee.

(1)(a) An adult adoptee or the adoptive parent of a minor or deceased adoptee may request the Department of Human Services or the Oregon licensed adoption agency that facilitated the adoption to conduct a search for the adoptee’s birth parents, putative father or, except as otherwise provided in ORS 109.504 (2), for the adoptee’s genetic siblings, or for the county in which an adoption was finalized.
(b)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, a birth parent, an adult genetic sibling of an adoptee or the parent or adult sibling of a deceased birth parent may request the department or the Oregon licensed adoption agency that facilitated the adoption to conduct a search for an adult adoptee whom the birth parent relinquished for adoption.
(B) A birth parent may request a search for an adult adoptee only if the adult adoptee does not have any genetic siblings in the same adoptive family as the adult adoptee’s adoptive family who are under 18 years of age.
(c) A birth parent may request and, in the discretion of the department or the Oregon licensed adoption agency that facilitated the adoption, the department or agency may conduct a search for the county in which the adoption was finalized.
(d) A person requesting a search under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection:
(A) Must be registered with a registry unless the request is only to search for the county in which an adoption was finalized; and
(B) Shall direct the request for the search to the Oregon licensed adoption agency that facilitated the adoption or, if unknown, to the department. If the Oregon licensed adoption agency that facilitated the adoption is not conducting searches or is not authorized by the department to conduct searches, the person shall direct the request to the department.
(2) The department or an agency may delegate to or contract with a third party individual or entity to conduct searches under this section.
(3) At the time of a request to conduct a search under this section, the requester shall provide the department or the Oregon licensed adoption agency that facilitated the adoption with:
(a) Such information as the department or the Oregon licensed adoption agency requires; and
(b) Payment of a fee established by rule under ORS 109.506. [1993 c.410 §3; 1995 c.730 §12; 1997 c.442 §9; 2015 c.200 §10]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.504 - Effect on subsequent searches when person sought in initial search refuses contact; other restrictions on searches.

(1) If an adult adoptee or the adoptive parent of a minor or deceased adoptee has initiated a search under ORS 109.502, the fact that the person being sought in the original search does not wish to make contact does not prevent the adult adoptee or the adoptive parent from requesting another search for a birth parent or putative father not previously contacted.
(2) An adult adoptee or the adoptive parent of a minor or deceased adoptee may not request a search for a minor genetic sibling of the adoptee if the parental rights of the birth parent to the minor genetic sibling have not been terminated by death or otherwise and the adoptee and the minor genetic sibling share that same birth parent.
(3) The adult adoptee or adoptive parent of a minor or deceased adoptee shall request the search by repeating the process set out in ORS 109.502 and by paying the fees established by the Department of Human Services pursuant to ORS 109.506. [1993 c.410 §5; 1997 c.442 §11; 2015 c.200 §12]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.505 - Support services; adoption and reunion issues.

Information about agency and community resources regarding psychological issues in adoption and reunion shall be provided:
(1) By the Department of Human Services, an Oregon licensed adoption agency or a third party individual or entity to all persons requesting a search under ORS 109.502; and
(2) By the department, an Oregon licensed adoption agency or a third party individual or entity only to those persons the department, an Oregon licensed adoption agency or a third party individual or entity identifies and locates as the result of a search under ORS 109.502 and who express a wish to receive information. [1993 c.410 §6; 1995 c.730 §14; 2015 c.200 §13]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.506 - Rulemaking; fees.

The Department of Human Services by rule shall establish:
(1) Eligibility standards for Oregon licensed adoption agencies and third party individuals and entities that contract with the department or with an Oregon licensed adoption agency to conduct searches under ORS 109.502;
(2) Standards of conduct for Oregon licensed adoption agencies and third party individuals and entities that contract with the department or with an Oregon licensed adoption agency to conduct searches under ORS 109.502;
(3) Contracting procedures for Oregon licensed adoption agencies and third party individuals and entities that contract to conduct searches under ORS 109.502;
(4) Search procedures to be followed by Oregon licensed adoption agencies and third party individuals and entities that conduct searches under ORS 109.502; and
(5) Fees to be paid by persons requesting a search under ORS 109.502. Fees authorized under this section include:
(a) A fee to be paid to the department, an Oregon licensed adoption agency or a third party individual or entity to cover all costs incurred in the search; and
(b) A fee to be paid to the department, an Oregon licensed adoption agency or a third party individual or entity to cover the administrative costs incurred in administering the search program. [1993 c.410 §7; 1995 c.730 §15; 1999 c.650 §3; 2015 c.200 §14]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.507 - Access to Department of Human Services records required; access to private agency records discretionary.

(1) The Department of Human Services shall allow an Oregon licensed adoption agency or a third party individual or entity with whom the department or agency has contracted to examine confidential adoption records maintained by the department as part of a search conducted under ORS 109.502.
(2) A private adoption agency may allow the department, an Oregon licensed adoption agency or a third party individual or entity to examine confidential adoption records maintained by the agency as part of a search conducted under ORS 109.502. [1993 c.410 §8; 1995 c.730 §16; 2015 c.200 §15]
Note:
See note under 109.425.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.510 - Age of majority.

Except as provided in ORS 109.520, in this state any person shall be deemed to have arrived at majority at the age of 18 years, and thereafter shall:
(1) Have control of the person’s own actions and business; and
(2) Have all the rights and be subject to all the liabilities of a citizen of full age. [Amended by 1973 c.827 §14; 2005 c.22 §91]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.520 - Majority of married persons.

Except as provided in ORS 653.010, all persons shall be deemed to have arrived at the age of majority upon their being married according to law. [Amended by 1953 c.343 §2; 1957 c.710 §12; 1973 c.827 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.570 - Legislative findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) Current economic and cultural circumstances are such that relatives of minor children are playing an increasing role in ensuring the health, safety and education of minor children who, for many reasons, cannot live with and are not being cared for by their parents or guardians, and for whom legal proceedings have not been initiated or undertaken to establish legal guardianships or placements under the laws of this state.
(2) Relatives of minor children are frequently asked, with minimal notice, to provide housing and health care, and to make educational decisions, for minor children who are left in their care.
(3) Relative caregivers frequently face barriers to obtaining necessary and appropriate medical treatment and educational services for minor children left in their care.
(4) These barriers pose a significant challenge to relative caregivers in dealing with health care providers and schools, and pose a substantial threat to the health, safety and welfare of minor children in this state.
(5) It is necessary to provide legal authority for relative caregivers to access necessary and appropriate medical treatment and educational services for minor children who are left in the relative caregivers’ care and who are without legal parents or guardians who can otherwise provide for them. [2013 c.231 §1]
Note:
109.570 to 109.580 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 109 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.572 - Definitions for ORS 109.570 to 109.580.

As used in ORS 109.570 to 109.580:
(1) "Educational services" means enrollment of a minor child in a school to which the minor child has been or will be accepted for attendance and participation in any school activities, including extracurricular activities.
(2) "Health care facility" means any facility that provides medical treatment.
(3) "Health care provider" means a person who is licensed, certified, registered or otherwise authorized by law in this state to administer medical treatment in the practice of a health care profession or at a health care facility, and includes a health care facility.
(4) "Medical treatment" means developmental screening, mental health screening and treatment, ordinary and necessary medical, dental and optical examination and treatment and preventive care including ordinary immunizations, tuberculin testing and well-child care, and includes the examination for and treatment of any injury, symptom, disease or pathology that is, in the judgment of the treating health care provider, reasonably necessary.
(5) "Legal parent or guardian" means the parent or guardian of a minor child, a person with rights established under ORS 109.119 or a person to whom powers have been delegated under ORS 109.056.
(6) "Relative caregiver" means a competent adult who is 18 years of age or older, who is related to a minor child by blood, marriage or adoption, who is not the legal parent or guardian and who represents in the affidavit described in ORS 109.580 that the minor child lives with the adult and that the adult is responsible for the care of the minor child. [2013 c.231 §2]
Note:
See note under 109.570.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate › Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships › Section 109.575 - Authority of relative caregiver to consent to medical treatment and educational services for minor child; liability for payment; expiration of authority.

(1) A relative caregiver acting pursuant to an affidavit under ORS 109.580 may consent to medical treatment and educational services for a minor child that a minor child cannot otherwise legally consent to if, after reasonable efforts have been made to obtain the consent of the legal parent or guardian to the treatment or services, the consent of the legal parent or guardian cannot be obtained.
(2) A relative caregiver providing consent under this section is liable to the health care provider or school for payment for any medical treatment or educational services provided to a minor child pursuant to the consent.
(3) The consent of a relative caregiver under this section shall be superseded by any contravening decision of the legal parent or guardian, provided the decision does not threaten the life, health or safety of the minor child.
(4) If the minor child stops living with the relative caregiver, the relative caregiver shall immediately notify any health care provider or school that has been given an affidavit under ORS 109.580. The affidavit is invalid immediately upon receipt by the health care provider or school of the notice under this subsection.
(5) An affidavit under ORS 109.580 expires one year after the date it is given to a health care provider or school by a relative caregiver. If the date the affidavit is given to a health care provider or school is unknown or uncertain, it shall expire one year after the date the relative caregiver signs the affidavit.
(6)(a) A health care provider or school may, but is not required to, rely on the representations or affidavit of a person claiming to be a relative caregiver if the health care provider or school does not have actual notice of the falsity of any of the statements or documentation made or provided by the person claiming to be a relative caregiver.
(b) Upon receipt of a valid affidavit as described in ORS 109.580, a health care provider or school may, but is not required to, request documentation of a person’s claimed status as a relative caregiver and of attempts made to obtain the consent of the legal parent or guardian.
(7) A relative caregiver acting in good faith with reasonable grounds to provide consent for medical treatment or educational services pursuant to an affidavit under ORS 109.580 is not subject to criminal or civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed for giving consent to the medical treatment or educational services.
(8) Nothing in this section relieves a legal parent or guardian of liability for payment for medical treatment or educational services provided to a minor child pursuant to the valid consent of a relative caregiver under this section. [2013 c.231 §3]
Note:
See note under 109.570.