Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES › Division 10 - Office of the Director › Chapter 10 - Vital Records › Section 19 CSR 10-10.130 - Missouri Adoptee Rights

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is being amended to provide the
				  process for the birth parent to receive a copy of the adoptee original birth
				  certificate, the process for an adoptee to state his or her preference
				  regarding whether and how the birth parent can contact him or her, and provide
				  the process for lineal descendants of a deceased adoptee to receive a copy of
				  the adoptee's original birth certificate.
PURPOSE: This rule provides the process for an
				  adoptee, an adoptee's attorney, and the birth parents of an adoptee to receive
				  a copy of the adoptee's original birth certificate, the process for a birth
				  parent and the adoptee to state his or her contact preference regarding whether
				  and how the adoptee/birth parent can contact him or her, the process for
				  completion of a medical history form by a birth parent, and the process for
				  lineal descendants of a deceased adoptee to receive a copy of the adoptee's
				  original birth certificate.
(1) For purposes of this rule only, unless
				the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:
(A) "Adoptee," an adopted person who was born
				in Missouri and is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(B) "Adoptee Contact Preference Form," a form
				used by an adoptee to indicate his or her preference about contact with the
				birth parent(s);
(C) "Applicant,"
				the person completing application for a form or certificate as specified in
				this rule and may be the adoptee, adoptee's attorney, birth parent, or lineal
				descendant of a deceased adoptee;
(D) "Attorney," a currently-licensed member of the
				Missouri Bar or bar of another state of the United States;
(E) "Birth parent," the parent(s) identified on the
				adoptee's original birth certificate;
(F) "Birth Parent Contact Preference Form," a form
				used by a birth parent to indicate his or her preference about contact with the
				adoptee;
(G) "Birth Parent Medical
				History Form," a form used by a birth parent to provide his or her medical
				history information to the adoptee;
(H) "Department," the Missouri Department of Health
				and Senior Services;
(I)
				"Identifying information," the name, date of birth, place of birth, and last
				known address of the biological parent;
(J) "Intermediary," the person or agency identified by
				the birth parent or adoptee to act as a means of contact between the birth
				parent and adoptee;
(K) "Lineal
				descendant," a person who is in direct line to an ancestor, such as child,
				grandchild, great-grandchild, and so on, either by blood or legal adoption.
				This does not include a stepchild or collateral descendant. Collateral
				descendants are those from the line of a brother, sister, aunt, or
				uncle;
(L) "Original birth
				certificate," the adoptee's registered birth certificate sealed upon court
				order at the time of adoption;
(M)
				"Redact," to obscure or remove identifying information.