Maryland Family Law Section 5-3A-04

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      (a)      Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, if an applicant complies with § 5-3A-03 of this subtitle, the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall give a copy of a record requested under § 5-3A-02 of this subtitle that is on file with the Secretary to the applicant.

      (b)      If the applicant is a biological parent and a disclosure veto has been filed in accordance with § 5-3A-05 of this subtitle by the other biological parent, the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall delete from the copy of a requested record any information concerning the biological parent who filed the disclosure veto.

      (c)      If the applicant is a biological parent and a disclosure veto has been filed in accordance with § 5-3A-05 of this subtitle by the adopted individual, the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall delete from the copy of a requested record any information concerning:

            (1)      the adopted individual; and

            (2)      the adoptive parents.

      (d)      If the applicant is an adopted individual and a disclosure veto has been filed in accordance with § 5-3A-05 of this subtitle by a biological parent, the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall delete from the copy of a requested record any information concerning the biological parent who filed the disclosure veto.

** SPECIAL NOTE: EFFECTIVE - JANUARY 1, 2006 - CHAPTER 464 - 2005 **

      This subtitle is related to and should be read in relation to Subtitle 5 of this title.