{"data":{"id":"us-pa/23-pa.c.s.-2916","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"23 Pa.C.S. § 2916","heading":"Attorney records.","body":"An attorney representing a party to an adoption proceeding or acting as counsel or guardian ad litem for a child in a proceeding under this part may forward records and information relating to the child, the child's birth family and the adoptive family to the court which finalized the adoption, as established by general rule by the Supreme Court. Such records and information shall be treated as court records for purposes of this chapter.","path":["Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","PART III ADOPTION","CHAPTER 29 DECREES AND RECORDS","SUBCHAPTER B RECORDS AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=23\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=29\u0026sctn=16\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-07-29 (Statute Update stamp, 23 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:43Z","sha256":"281e7f5fa108fc0aa2357cb43be0abe4ee475b04542a007af45e7809d2cd7c94","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/23-pa.c.s.-2915","next":"us-pa/23-pa.c.s.-2921"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}