15 MAC Pt. 5, R. 3.11.5
Disclosure of identifying information from the sealed file shall be made available
Cite as 15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 5, R. 3.11.5
Disclosure of identifying information from the sealed file shall be made available
only under the following conditions:
1.
An affidavit is not on file expressly prohibiting the release of any information
about such birth parent’s identity and location, and prohibiting any licensed
adoption agency from conducting a search for such birth parent under the
terms of the Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act or a notice of contact
with the birth parent for that adoptee is not on file.
2.
A licensed adoption agency has requested the information while acting on
behalf of any person specified in Miss. Code Ann.§93-17-207 who requests
non-identifying medical, social or genetic background information and the
information is not on file and an affidavit prohibiting a search for the birth
parent has not been filed or a notice of contact with the birth parent for that
adoptee is not on file. In this case, only non-identifying information may be
furnished by the licensed adoption agency to the person so identified in
Miss. Code Ann. §93-17-207.
3.
A licensed adoption agency providing post-adoption services has requested
the information while acting on behalf of any person twenty-one (21) years of
age or over who has been adopted in this state, providing however, that the
birth parent has not executed an affidavit prohibiting the release of such
information or that a notice is not on file that such birth parent has been
contacted once and has refused to authorize the release of confidential
information.
4.
Payment of the required service fee.