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... application, a social security card, a credit card, a military identification card, or an employee identification card. (9) "Lineal descendant of an adopted person" means a person who by reason of blood or adoption is a lineal descendant of an adopted person. (10) "Offspring" means a child, by birth, of a person. (11) "Release" means both of the following: (a) A release filed by a biological parent or biolog...

...leases are advisory only and therefore unenforceable.

... 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 the parent through an intermediary who the parent specifies on the form; (c) That the biological parent prefers that the person not contact the parent directly or through an intermediary. (2) ...

...he adoption file that a person receives under section 3107.38 of the Revised Code. The department shall remove the form from the adoption file if the biological parent provides the department all of the following: (1) Two items of identification of the biological parent; (2) Information the department needs to be able to identify the adoption file of the adopted person to whom the form pertains; (3) A notarized...

... when biological parents may begin to file the form with the department; (D) The date when the form may no longer be filed with the department; (E) The procedures to be followed and requirements to be met for having the form removed from an adopted person's adoption file; (F) Any other information the department considers necessary.

... redaction request form it makes available to a biological parent pursuant to section 3107.39 or 3107.391 of the Revised Code. A biological parent for whom such a form was not completed in accordance with section 3107.09 of the Revised Code may complete the form. In completing the form, the biological parent may include information described in division (C) of section 3107.09 of the Revised Code. The biological...

...s of the adopted person's adoption file under section 3107.38 of the Revised Code with the biological parent's name redacted. (2) The adopted person's adoption file continues to contain a biological parent's name redaction request form for the biological parent at the time the adopted person or lineal descendant makes the request to the department. (B) The department shall mail to a biological parent a questi...

... application, a social security card, a credit card, a military identification card, or an employee identification card.

...lth 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 division (B) of this section may rescind that form by signing, dating, and having filed with the department of health a denial of release form prescribed under section 3107.50 of the Revised Code. If, at the time of submitting the denial of release form, the birth parent p...

...dopted person at least age eighteen but under age twenty-one, may submit a request to the department of health for a copy of the contents of the adopted person's adoption file. If the adopted person includes with the request the adopted person's notarized signature and copies of two items of identification, or the adoptive parent includes with the request the adoptive parent's notarized signature and copies of two it...

...ode on the form, the department shall file it in the adopted person's adoption file and assist the birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption unless the adopted person rescinds the request pursuant to division (B) of this section. (B) An adopted person who has requested under division (A) of this section that the department of health assist the adopted person's birth parent or bir...

...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 case of a request by a birth parent, the court that issued the adopted person's final de...

...lease 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 authorization of release form to be used by a birth paren...

...ctions that explain how it is to be completed and filed with the department. The department shall include on the form information that advises the adopted person that the adopted person may, in accordance with division (B) of section 3107.48 of the Revised Code, rescind the request at any time, and shall include instructions on how to do so. (C) On request of an adopted person, the department shall provide the adop...

...lth's records pertaining to proceedings under sections 3107.45 to 3107.53 of the Revised Code are not public records subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (B) No person who is the subject of personal information contained in a record listed in division (A) of this section may inspect or copy all or part of any such record except pursuant to section 3107.47 of the Revised Code.

...loyee of the department of health who releases any information contained in an adopted person's adoption file or provides a copy of the contents of an adopted person's adoption file to a person who requests the copy pursuant to section 3107.47 or 3107.49 of the Revised Code is liable in damages in a civil action to any person for injury, death, or loss allegedly arising from the release to the person or is criminally...

...age and ethnic background, educational level, general physical appearance, religion, occupation, and cause of death; (e) Any information that may be included in a social and medical history as specified in divisions (B) and (C) of section 3107.09 of the Revised Code. (2) In relation to an adoptive parent, subject to a determination made pursuant to division (E) of section 3107.66 of the Revised Code, any info...

...ption may provide the birth parent profiles of prospective adoptive parents who an assessor has recommended pursuant to a home study under section 3107.031 of the Revised Code be approved to adopt a child. At the request of the birth parent, the agency or attorney may include identifying information about a prospective adoptive parent in the profile if the prospective adoptive parent agrees to the inclusion of the id...

...An agency or attorney arranging a child's adoptive placement shall inform the child's birth parent and prospective adoptive parent that the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent may enter into a nonbinding open adoption in accordance with section 3107.63 of the Revised Code.

...nto an open adoption with terms acceptable to the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the agency or attorney shall provide for the open adoption if the birth parent and prospective adoptive parent agree to the terms of the open adoption. (B) An agency or attorney arranging a child's adoptive placement may refuse to provide for the birth parent and prospec...

...ive parent or child is entitled to them under section 3107.17 of the Revised Code; (3) Deny the adoptive parent or child access to a copy of the contents of the child's adoption file if the adoptive parent or child is entitled to them under section 3107.47 of the Revised Code; (4) Deny the adoptive parent, child, birth parent, birth sibling, or other relative access to nonidentifying information that is accessible ...

...the information sought within a reasonable amount of time. The agency, attorney, or court may charge a reasonable fee for providing the information. A birth parent of an adopted person eighteen years of age or older, a birth sibling age eighteen or older, or a birth family member of a deceased birth parent may submit a written request to the agency or attorney who arranged the adopted person's adoption, or the...

...te court that receives adoption records under division (A) of this section may transfer the records to a person or governmental entity that voluntarily accepts the records. If the court finds a person or governmental entity that accepts the adoption records, the court shall maintain a directory for the purpose of informing a person seeking the records where the records are held.

...A birth parent who signs the component of the form prescribed pursuant to division (A)(1)(d), or (B)(1)(c), of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code shall provide the materials the birth parent requests be given to the birth parent's child or adoptive parent to the agency or attorney arranging the adoption. At the request of the birth parent's child or adoptive parent, the agency or attorney shall provide the material...

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