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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-4C-06" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="4C" subtitle_name="Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To register with the Registry, an individual shall submit a notarized affidavit containing the following information:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the individual’s current name and any previous name by which the individual was known;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the individual’s address and telephone number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>if the individual is a natural parent of the adoptee, the original and adopted names, if known, of the adoptee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>if the individual is an adoptee who is seeking information regarding the adoptee’s natural parents, any names, if known, by which the natural parents are or were known;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>if the individual is an adoptee who is seeking information regarding a natural sibling, any names, if known, by which the natural sibling is or was known;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>if known, the place and date of birth of the adoptee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>if known, the name and address of the child placement agency, if any, that placed the adoptee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>if known, the names of the adoptive parents of the adoptee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>the name and address of the court that issued the adoption or guardianship order; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>a statement of the individual’s consent to be identified to other registrants.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A registrant shall notify the Administration of changes in information occurring after the affidavit is filed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A registrant may withdraw from the Registry at any time by submitting a notarized affidavit to that effect to the Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Administration shall obtain information necessary for identifying an adoptee, a natural mother of an adoptee, a natural father, or a natural sibling.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration may not obtain information regarding:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the adoptive parents of the adoptee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a child of the adoptive parents who is not a natural sibling; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the financial status of the adoptive parents of the adoptee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
