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West Virginia Code > Chapter 48 > Article 23 - Voluntary Adoption Registry


Current as of: 2010
§ 48-23-101Policy regarding persons obtaining identifying information after adoption
§ 48-23-102Legislative purpose
§ 48-23-201Applicability of definitions
§ 48-23-202Adoptee defined
§ 48-23-203Adoption defined
§ 48-23-204Adult defined
§ 48-23-205Agency defined
§ 48-23-206Genetic and social history defined
§ 48-23-207Health history defined
§ 48-23-208Mutual consent voluntary adoption registry or registry defined
§ 48-23-209Putative father defined
§ 48-23-301Division of human services to establish and maintain mutual consent voluntary adoption registry
§ 48-23-401Persons to whom use of the mutual consent voluntary adoption registry is available
§ 48-23-402Age limitations on use of the mutual consent voluntary adoption registry
§ 48-23-403Registration by a birth father
§ 48-23-404Registration by a birth parent who used an alias in terminating parental rights
§ 48-23-501Prerequisites to disclosure of identifying information
§ 48-23-502Counseling of registrants
§ 48-23-503Cases where disclosure of identifying information cannot occur
§ 48-23-504Matching and disclosure procedures
§ 48-23-505Retention of data by the registry
§ 48-23-506Scope of information obtained by the mutual consent voluntary adoption registry
§ 48-23-507Fees for operations of the mutual consent voluntary adoption registry
§ 48-23-601Compilation of nonidentifying information on health history and social and genetic history
§ 48-23-801Nondisclosure

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