{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7504-1.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7504-1.2","heading":"Disclosure","body":"A. Whenever the disclosure of medical and social history is\n\npermitted under this section, all identifying information shall be\n\ndeleted from the copy of the report or record that is disclosed,\n\nunless the court, Department, agency, attorney, or person authorized\n\nto disclose information by this section has been informed in writing\n\nby both a biological parent and an adoptive parent or prospective\n\nadoptive parent of their mutual agreement to share identifying\n\ninformation. When such an agreement has been made, identifying\n\ninformation shall be released only to the extent specifically\n\npermitted by the written agreement. When a minor is in the legal\n\ncustody of the Department, medical and social history may be\n\ndisclosed to the prospective adoptive parent without any agreement\n\nand without redacting identifying information when the prospective\n\nadoptive parent is a kinship or relative caregiver for the minor, or\n\nthe minor has lived in the prospective adoptive parent's home for\n\ntwelve (12) or more months, unless the Department determines\n\nredaction of such information is in the best interest of the child.\n\nB. As early as practicable before the first meeting of the\n\nprospective adoptive parent with a minor and before the prospective\n\nadoptive parent accepts physical custody of the minor, the\n\nDepartment or child-placing agency that is placing the minor for\n\nadoption, or the attorney for the adoptive parent in a direct\n\nplacement adoption, or the person who is placing the minor for\n\nadoption in a direct placement adoption in which the adoptive parent\n\nis not represented by an attorney, shall furnish to the prospective\n\nadoptive parent a copy of the medical and social history report,\n\ncontaining all of the medical and social history information and\n\nrecords regarding the minor reasonably available at that time. If\n\nplacement of the minor with the prospective adoptive parent does not\n\nsubsequently occur, the prospective adoptive parent shall return the\n\nmedical and social history report to the Department, agency,\n\nattorney or other person who furnished it to the prospective\n\nadoptive parent.\n\nC. Before a hearing on the petition for adoption, the\n\nDepartment or child-placing agency that placed the minor for\n\nadoption, or the attorney for the adoptive parent in a direct\n\nplacement adoption, or the person who placed the minor for adoption\n\nin a direct placement adoption in which the adoptive parent is\n\nunrepresented, shall furnish to the adoptive parent a supplemental\n\nwritten report containing information or records required by Section\n\n7505-1.1 of this title, which was unavailable before the minor was\n\nplaced for adoption, but which becomes reasonably available to the\n\nDepartment, agency, attorney, or person who placed the minor after\n\nthe placement.\n\nD. A petition for adoption may not be granted until a copy of\n\nthe medical and social history report is filed with the court. If\n\nthe court finds that information or records required by Section\n\n7505-1.1 of this title cannot be obtained by the reasonable efforts\n\nof the Department or child-placing agency placing the minor, or by\n\nthe attorney for the adoptive parent in a direct placement adoption,\n\nor by the person who placed the minor for adoption in a direct\n\nplacement adoption in which the adopted parent is unrepresented, the\n\ncourt may accept the report and proceed with the adoption.\n\nE. 1. Any additional information about an adopted person, the\n\nadopted person's biological parents, or the adopted person's genetic\n\nhistory that is submitted to the clerk of the district court that\n\nissues the final decree of adoption, before or after the final\n\ndecree of adoption is issued, shall be made a part of the court's\n\npermanent record of the adoption, pursuant to Section 7505-1.1 of\n\nthis title. No filing fee shall be charged for filing this\n\nsupplemental information with the court clerk.\nitted to the clerk of the district court that\n\nissues the final decree of adoption, before or after the final\n\ndecree of adoption is issued, shall be made a part of the court's\n\npermanent record of the adoption, pursuant to Section 7505-1.1 of\n\nthis title. No filing fee shall be charged for filing this\n\nsupplemental information with the court clerk.\n\n2. An adoptive parent, a biological parent, or an adult adopted\n\nperson may file with the clerk of the district court that issued the\n\nfinal decree of adoption a notice of the individual's current\n\nmailing address. A legal guardian of an adopted minor may file with\n\nthe clerk of the district court that issued the final decree of\n\nadoption a notice of the guardian's current mailing address and\n\nproof of legal guardianship. No filing fee shall be charged for\n\nfiling this notification of address or guardianship with the court\n\nclerk.\n\n3. Upon filing with the court clerk supplemental information\n\nconcerning the biological parents or the adopted person's genetic\n\nhistory, the court clerk shall send notice by ordinary mail, at the\n\nmost recent address, if any, listed in the court records, to the\n\nadoptive parent or legal guardian of a minor adopted person or to\n\nthe adult adopted person. The notice shall state that supplemental\n\ninformation has been received and is available from the court clerk\n\nupon request.\n\n4. Upon filing with the court clerk supplemental information\n\nconcerning the adopted person that may be genetically significant\n\nfor a biological parent or biological relative, the court clerk\n\nshall send notice by ordinary mail, at the most recent address, if\n\nany, listed in the court records, to the biological parent. The\n\nnotice shall state that supplemental information has been received\n\nand is available from the court clerk upon request.\n\nF. If any additional information about an adopted person, the\n\nadopted person's biological parents, or the adopted person's genetic\n\nhistory is submitted to the Department, agency, attorney, or person\n\nwho prepared the original report, the Department, agency, attorney,\n\nor person shall:\n\n1. Retain this supplemental information with their other\n\nrecords of the adoption for as long as these records are maintained;\n\n2. File a copy of the supplemental information with the clerk\n\nof the court that issued the decree of adoption, to be made a part\n\nof the court's permanent record of the adoption pursuant to\n\nsubsection E of this section; and\n\n3. Furnish a copy of the supplemental information to:\n\na. the adoptive parent or current legal guardian of the\n\nchild, if the adopted person is under the age of\n\neighteen (18), or the adult adopted person, if the\n\nlocation of the adoptive parent, guardian or adult\n\nadopted person is known to the Department, agency,\n\nattorney, or person, or\n\nb. the biological parents, if the supplemental\n\ninformation is submitted by an adoptive parent or\n\nadopted person and concerns genetically significant\n\ninformation about the adopted person that is relevant\n\nto the health or childbearing decisions of the\n\nbiological parents or other biological relatives, if\n\nthe location of the biological parents is known to the\n\nDepartment, agency, attorney, or person.\n\nG. 1. The clerk of the district court that issues the final\n\nadoption decree or the Department, agency, attorney, or person who\n\nprepared the medical and social history report shall provide a copy\n\nof the medical and social history report and any additional medical\n\nand social history information in its possession to the following\n\npersons upon request:\n\na. the adoptive parent or legal guardian of a minor\n\nadopted person,\n\nb. an adopted person who has attained eighteen (18) years\n\nof age, and\n\nc. an adult whose biological mother's and biological\n\nfather's parental rights were terminated and who was\n\nnever adopted.\n\n2. The clerk of the district court that issues the final\nistory information in its possession to the following\n\npersons upon request:\n\na. the adoptive parent or legal guardian of a minor\n\nadopted person,\n\nb. an adopted person who has attained eighteen (18) years\n\nof age, and\n\nc. an adult whose biological mother's and biological\n\nfather's parental rights were terminated and who was\n\nnever adopted.\n\n2. The clerk of the district court that issues the final\n\nadoption decree or the Department, agency, attorney, or person who\n\nprepared the medical and social history report shall provide a copy\n\nof the medical report and any additional medical information in its\n\npossession to the following persons upon request:\n\na. an adult direct descendant of a deceased adopted\n\nperson or of a deceased person whose biological\n\nmother's and biological father's parental rights were\n\nterminated and who was never adopted, and\n\nb. the parent or guardian of a minor direct descendant of\n\na deceased adopted person or of a deceased person\n\nwhose biological mother's and biological father's\n\nrights were terminated and who was never adopted.\n\n3. The clerk of the district court that issues the final\n\nadoption decree or the Department, child-placing agency, attorney,\n\nor person who prepared the medical and social history report shall\n\nprovide to the following persons upon request, a copy of genetically\n\nsignificant supplemental information about an adopted person, or\n\nabout a person whose parents' parental rights were terminated, which\n\nbecame available subsequent to the issuance of the decree of\n\nadoption or termination order:\n\na. a biological parent or biological relative of an\n\nadopted person, and\n\nb. a biological parent or biological relative of a person\n\nwhose biological mother's and biological father's\n\nrights were terminated and who was never adopted.\n\n4. The clerk of the district court that issues the final\n\nadoption decree shall provide a copy of any medical and social\n\nhistory information contained in the court records to the\n\nDepartment, or child-placing agency that placed the minor for\n\nadoption or to the attorney representing the adoptive parent upon\n\nrequest.\n\n5. A copy of the report and supplemental medical and social\n\nhistory information may not be furnished under this subsection to a\n\nperson who cannot furnish satisfactory proof of identity and legal\n\nentitlement to receive a copy.\n\n6. A person requesting a copy of a report or other medical and\n\nsocial history information under this subsection shall pay only the\n\nactual and reasonable costs of providing the copy.\n\nH. The Department, a child-placing agency, or an attorney for\n\nan adoptive parent who facilitated or participated in an adoption\n\nproceeding prior to the effective date of this act shall be subject\n\nto the same requirements and duties set forth in subsections F and G\n\nof this section that are required in those subsections for the\n\nDepartment, agency, or attorney who prepared the medical or social\n\nhistory.","path":["OK Code","Title 10"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"801dbb5e0b06f456e4180261199736f1b6a8db6576db2b010837e6b212dab1e7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7504-1.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7505-1.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}