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Rev. Stat. § 43-138
Nebraska
Revised Statutes of 1943
Chapter
43. Infants and Juveniles
Article
1. Adoption Procedures
(C)
Release of Information
§
43-138. Department or agency; acquire information in court or
department records; disclosure requirements.
After being contacted
by an adopted person, if no valid nonconsent form, as provided in section
43-132 or 43-143, is on file, the Department of Health and Human Services
or agency as the case may be shall apply to the clerk of the court which
issued the adoption decree or the Department of Health and Human Services
Finance and Support for any information in the records of the court or
the Department of Health and Human Services Finance and Support regarding
the adopted person or his or her relatives, including names, locations,
and any birth, marriage, divorce, or death certificates. Any information
which is available shall be given only to the Department of Health and
Human Services or agency. The Department of Health and Human Services
or agency shall keep such information confidential and shall not disclose
it either directly or indirectly
to the adopted person. The provisions of this section shall not apply
to persons subject to the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act.
Source: Laws 1980, LB
992, § 20; Laws 1985, LB 255, § 29; Laws 1993, LB 205, §
1; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 35; Laws 1998, LB 1041, § 14.
CROSS REFERENCE
Nebraska Indian Child
Welfare Act, see section 43-1501.
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