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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-3A-40" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3A" subtitle_name="Private Agency Guardianship and Adoption">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>On request of an adoptee or adoptive or former parent of an adoptee and without a showing of a need, a child placement agency shall provide information, other than identifying information, in its adoption record on the adoptee.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If a child placement agency denies a request under this paragraph, then on petition of an adoptee or adoptive or former parent and without a showing of need, a court shall order access for the petitioner to inspect, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the agency’s record on the adoptee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On petition of an adoptee or adoptive or former parent of an adoptee and without a showing of need, a court shall order access for the petitioner to inspect, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the court’s record on the adoptee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A court may not order opened for inspection under this section any part of a record that contains identifying information.</text>
  </level>
</section>
