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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Unless a former parent has filed a request for nondisclosure, identifying information about an adoptee's former parent shall be disclosed by the registry to any of the following persons upon request:
(1) an adoptee who is 18 years of age or older;
(2) an adoptee who is emancipated; and
(3) a deceased adoptee's direct descendant who is 18 years of age or older or the parent or guardian of a direct descendant who is less than 18 years of age.
(b) Repealed by 2021, Adj. Sess., No. 100, § 3, eff. July 1, 2023.
(c) An adult descendant of a deceased former parent or the guardian of a former parent who has been declared incompetent may consent to the disclosure of information as provided for in subsection (a) of this section.
(d) If an adoptee who is 18 years of age or older consents, identifying information about the adoptee shall be disclosed by the registry to any of the following persons upon request:
(1) the adoptee's former parent; and
(2) the adoptee's sibling who is 18 years of age or older.
(e) Identifying information about the adoptee shall be disclosed to the adoptee's former parent if the parent of an adoptee who is less than 18 years of age consents to the disclosure.
(f) Identifying information about a deceased adoptee shall be disclosed by the registry to the adoptee's former parent or sibling upon request if:
(1) the deceased adoptee's direct descendant is 18 years of age or older and consents to the disclosure; or
(2) the parent or guardian of a direct descendant who is less than 18 years of age consents to the disclosure.
(g) Identifying information about a sibling of an adoptee shall be disclosed by the registry to the adoptee upon request if both the sibling and the adoptee are 18 years of age or older and the sibling consents to disclosure.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Vermont Statutes Title 15 A. Adoption Act, § 6-105. Disclosure of identifying information - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/vt/title-15-a-adoption-act/vt-st-tit-15a-sect-6-105/
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