| Neb. Rev. Stat.
§ 43-131
Nebraska
Revised Statutes of 1943
Chapter
43. Infants and Juveniles
Article
1. Adoption Procedures
(C)
Release of Information
§
43-131. Release of information; procedure.
(1) Upon receipt of a
request for information, the Department of Health and Human Services Finance
and Support shall check the records of the adopted person making the request
to determine whether the consent form provided by section 43-124 has been
signed and filed by any relative of the adopted person and whether an
unrevoked nonconsent form is on file from a biological parent or parents
pursuant to section 43-132 or from an adoptive parent or parents pursuant
to section 43-143.
(2) If the consent form
has been signed and filed and has not been revoked and if no nonconsent
form has been filed by an adoptive parent or parents pursuant to section
43-143, the Department of Health and Human Services Finance and Support
shall release the information on such form to the adopted person.
(3)
If no consent forms have been filed, or if the consent form has been revoked,
and if no nonconsent form has been filed pursuant to section 43-143, the
following information shall be released to the adopted person:
(a) The name and address
of the court which issued the adoption decree;
(b) The name and address
of the child placement agency, if any, involved in the adoption; and
(c) The fact that an agency
may assist the adopted person in searching for relatives as provided in
sections 43-132 to 43-141.
(4) The provisions of
this section shall not apply to persons subject to the Nebraska Indian
Child Welfare Act.
Source: Laws 1980, LB
992, § 13; Laws 1985, LB 255, § 27; Laws 1997, LB 307, §
29.
CROSS REFERENCE
Nebraska Indian Child
Welfare Act, see section 43-1501.
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