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Section 710.68a Providing Information Pamphlet, List of Adoption Support Groups, and Information About Mcl 710.27a, 710.27b, 710.68 and 710.68b; Placement of Requester's Current Address in Adoption Files.

MI Comp L § 710.68a (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 68a.

(1) The department, in cooperation with adoption support groups, shall develop and publish an information pamphlet explaining the release of information from adoption records pursuant to this act.

(2) Within 14 days after it is contacted by an adoptee, adult former sibling, former parent, or adoptive parent, a child placing agency or court or the department shall provide the adoptee, adult former sibling, former parent, or adoptive parent with all of the following:

(a) A copy of the information pamphlet described in subsection (1).

(b) A list of adoption support groups.

(c) Information about the provisions described in this section and sections 27a, 27b, 68, and 68b of this chapter.

(3) If a child placing agency, a court, or the department receives a written request from an adoptee, adult former sibling, former parent, adoptive parent, or any other person biologically related to an adoptee that the requester's current address be placed in its adoption files, the child placing agency, court, or department shall place the information in its adoption files.

History: Add. 1988, Act 505, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 175, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 222, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995 ;-- 1994, Act 373, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995 Popular Name: Probate Code

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Section 710.68 Nonidentifying and Identifying Information; Request; Availability; Release; Request for Adoption Record Information; Identity of Court or Child Placing Agency; Counseling; List of Adoption Support Groups; Transmitting Information of Medical or Genetic Condition; Return of Information Undelivered; Placement of Information in Adoption Files; Releasing or Transmitting Copies; Information Returned Undelivered; Notice to Department of Community Health; Sealing Original and Preparing New Birth Certificate; Release of Identifying Information as Misdemeanor; Adoptions to Which Section Applicable; “Adult Adoptee” Defined; Fees; Waiver; Powers and Duties of Children's Ombudsman.
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