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2017 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.
ARTICLE 23. VOLUNTARY ADOPTION REGISTRY.
- §48-23-101. Policy regarding persons obtaining identifying information after adoption.
- §48-23-102. Legislative purpose.
- §48-23-201. Applicability of definitions.
- §48-23-202. Adoptee defined.
- §48-23-203. Adoption defined.
- §48-23-204. Adult defined.
- §48-23-205. Agency defined.
- §48-23-206. Genetic and social history defined.
- §48-23-207. Health history defined.
- §48-23-208. Mutual consent voluntary adoption registry or registry defined.
- §48-23-209. Putative father defined.
- §48-23-301. Division of human services to establish and maintain mutual consent voluntary adoption registry.
- §48-23-401. Persons to whom use of the mutual consent voluntary adoption registry is available.
- §48-23-402. Age limitations on use of the mutual consent voluntary adoption registry.
- §48-23-403. Registration by a birth father.
- §48-23-404. Registration by a birth parent who used an alias in terminating parental rights.
- §48-23-501. Prerequisites to disclosure of identifying information.
- §48-23-502. Counseling of registrants.
- §48-23-503. Cases where disclosure of identifying information cannot occur.
- §48-23-504. Matching and disclosure procedures.
- §48-23-505. Retention of data by the registry.
- §48-23-506. Scope of information obtained by the mutual consent voluntary adoption registry.
- §48-23-507. Fees for operations of the mutual consent voluntary adoption registry.
- §48-23-601. Compilation of nonidentifying information on health history and social and genetic history.
- §48-23-701. Prohibited conduct.
- §48-23-801. Nondisclosure.
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