ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 95 Natural parent's right to information about adopted person under age eighteen

ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 95

    (1)     A natural parent of an adopted person who has not attained the age of eighteen years may make application to a relevant authority for—

        (a)     information about the adopted person (other than information from which whether directly or indirectly, the adoptive parents of the adopted person may be identified or the whereabouts of the adopted person ascertained); or

        (b)     information about the adopted person from which the adoptive parents of the person may be identified or the whereabouts of the adopted person ascertained.

    (2)     There shall not be given to an applicant under this section—

        (a)     any information to which paragraph (b) of subsection (1) applies unless the relevant authority—

              (i)     has considered any wishes expressed by the adopted person; and

S. 95(2)(a)(ii) amended by No. 67/1987 s. 13(a).

              (ii)     has obtained the agreement in writing, which may be given subject to conditions, or evidence of the death of, each adoptive parent of the adopted person or of the guardian of the adopted person (if the guardian is not an adoptive parent of the adopted person); or

        (b)     any part of that information where the relevant authority determines that, in order to give effect to any wishes of the adopted person or conditions imposed by an adoptive parent, that part of the information ought not to be disclosed.