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...e 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 Revis...

... 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 3107.081 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 co...

...(A) As used in sections 3107.38 to 3107.394 of the Revised Code: (1) "Adopted person" means a person who was adopted but is not an adopted person as defined in section 3107.45 of the Revised Code. (2) "Adoption file" means a file maintained by the department of health under sections 3705.12 to 3705.124 of the Revised Code. (3) "Biological parent" means a parent, by birth, of a person who is, or is to become, a...

...shall include all of the following: (1) A component in which a biological parent is to indicate one of the following regarding a person who receives, under section 3107.38 of the Revised Code, a copy of the contents of the adoption file of the parent's offspring: (a) That the biological parent welcomes the person to contact the parent directly; (b) That the biological parent prefers that the person contact t...

...epartment of health between March 20, 2014, and March 20, 2015, may request at any time that the department remove the form from the adoption file of the adopted person to whom the form pertains if the biological parent decides to permit the biological parent's name to be included in a copy of the contents of the adoption file that a person receives under section 3107.38 of the Revised Code. The department shall remo...

...who did not check, pursuant to section 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 ...

...he department shall do the following: (1) If there is not an effective denial of release form for either birth parent in the adopted person's adoption file and the fee required by section 3705.241 of the Revised Code is paid, provide the adopted person or adoptive parent a copy of the contents of the adopted person's adoption file; (2) If there is an effective denial of release form for each birth parent in the ado...

...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...

...if all of the following are the case: (1) The adopted person's adoption file contains a request submitted by the adopted person under division (A) of section 3107.48 of the Revised Code that the department assist the birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption; (2) The adopted person was the child of the birth parent or sibling of the birth sibling before the adoption; (3) In the...

... 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 ...

... 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 i...

...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 par...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Adopted person" includes both an "adopted person" as defined in section 3107.38 of the Revised Code and an "adopted person" as defined in section 3107.45 of the Revised Code. (2) "Adoptive parent" means a person who adopted an adopted person. (3) "Birth parent" means the biological parent of an adopted person. (4) "Birth sibling" means a biological sibling of an adopted per...

...Whoever violates division (B)(1) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

...aded guilty to 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 family or household that is the subject of the proceeding, whether either parent previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the ...

...ave the meanings given in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The director of health, a person authorized by the director, a local commissioner of health, or a local registrar of vital statistics shall charge and collect a fee for each certified copy of a birth record, for each certification of birth, and for each copy of a death record. The fee shall be three dollars. The fee is in addition to the fee impo...

... adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for these purposes. An amount not to exceed three per cent of the total amount of fees deposited in the children's trust fund in each fiscal year may be used for costs directly related to these administrative functions of the department. Each fiscal year, the board shall approve a budget for administrative expenditures for the next fiscal year. (C) T...

...ators shall do all of the following: (1) Select a representative to serve as chairperson of the regional prevention council pursuant to division (G) of section 3109.172 of the Revised Code; (2) Conduct a needs assessment to ascertain the child abuse and neglect prevention programming and services that are needed in the region; (3) Work with county prevention specialists in the region to assemble the regional pr...

...r any of the following circumstances: (1) If a council fails to submit to the board a regional prevention plan pursuant to section 3109.174 of the Revised Code by the date specified by the board; (2) If a council fails to submit to the board an amended plan pursuant to division (C) of section 3109.175 of the Revised Code; (3) If the board fails to approve a plan or an amended plan submitted by a council. (B) The ...

...neral assembly finds the following: (1) That the parent and child relationship is of fundamental importance to the welfare of a child, and that the relationship between a child and each parent should be fostered unless inconsistent with the child's best interests; (2) That parents have the responsibility to make decisions and perform other parenting functions necessary for the care and growth of their children;...

...As used in sections 3109.41 to 3109.48 of the Revised Code: (A) A person is "convicted of killing" if the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2903.03 of the Revised Code. (B) "Custody order" means an order designating a person as the residential parent and legal custodian of a child under section 3109.04 of the Revised Code or any order determining custody o...

... of the child and the child consents: (1) Issue a custody order designating the parent as the residential parent and legal custodian of the child or granting custody of the child to that parent; (2) Issue a visitation order granting that parent visitation rights with the child. (B) When considering the ability of a child to consent and the validity of a child's consent under this section, the court shall consider ...

...ates a power of attorney under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code shall send notice of the creation to the parent of the child who is not the residential parent and legal custodian of the child unless one of the following is the case: (1) The parent is prohibited from receiving a notice of relocation in accordance with section 3109.051 of the Revised Code. (2) The parent's parental rights have been terminated by o...

...f this section and subject to sections 3109.56 and 3109.58 of the Revised Code, a parent, guardian, or custodian may create a power of attorney under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code only under the following circumstances: (1) The parent, guardian, or custodian of the child is any of the following: (a) Seriously ill, incarcerated, or about to be incarcerated; (b) Temporarily unable to provide financial support ...

..." have the same meanings as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code. (B) A power of attorney created pursuant to section 3109.52 of the Revised Code may not be executed with respect to a child while any of the following proceedings are pending regarding the child: (1) A proceeding for the appointment of a guardian for, or the adoption of, the child; (2) A juvenile proceeding in which one of the following applies: ...