{"data":{"id":"us-pa/23-pa.c.s.-2935","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"23 Pa.C.S. § 2935","heading":"Confidentiality.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","PART III ADOPTION","CHAPTER 29 DECREES AND RECORDS","SUBCHAPTER D RELEASE OF INFORMATION"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=23\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=29\u0026sctn=35\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-07-29 (Statute Update stamp, 23 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:43Z","sha256":"51af20cb4f93c56e8708e68627ec4fdef3702e40590fc1ee21cb5548807dd1c8","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/23-pa.c.s.-2934","next":"us-pa/23-pa.c.s.-2936"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}