adoption registry statute

adoption-registry statute. A law that provides for the release of adoption information if the biological parent, the adoptive parent, and the adoptee (after he or she reaches a certain statutorily prescribed age) all officially record their desire for its release.

— Also termed voluntary-registry law.

active adoption-registry statute. A registry statute that authorizes a state authority to seek out parties’ desires to obtain or release adoption information when one party expresses a desire for that information.

passive adoption-registry statute. A registry statute allowing parties to register their desires for release of adoption information after an adopted child reaches a specified age.

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