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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-07-29 (Statute Update stamp, 23 Pa.C.S.)

23 Pa.C.S. § 2935: Confidentiality.

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  1. Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
  2. PART III ADOPTION
  3. CHAPTER 29 DECREES AND RECORDS
  4. SUBCHAPTER D RELEASE OF INFORMATION

(a) General rule.--In conducting a search, the court or agency shall ensure that no individual, other than a birth parent, is informed of the adoptee's existence and relationship to the birth parent of the adoptee.

(b) When inquiry not mandatory.--An authorized representative of the court or agency conducting a search may not make an inquiry which the representative reasonably believes may compromise the confidentiality relating to the relationship between the adoptee and a birth parent of the adoptee.

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