(a) General rule.--In conducting a search, the court or agency shall ensure that no individual, other than a birth parent, is informed of the adoptee's existence and relationship to the birth parent of the adoptee.
(b) When inquiry not mandatory.--An authorized representative of the court or agency conducting a search may not make an inquiry which the representative reasonably believes may compromise the confidentiality relating to the relationship between the adoptee and a birth parent of the adoptee.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 29 - Decrees and Records
Section 2901 - Time of entry of decree of adoption
Section 2902 - Requirements and form of decree of adoption
Section 2903 - Retention of parental status
Section 2904 - Name of adoptee
Section 2905 - Impounding of proceedings and access to records (Repealed)
Section 2907 - Certificate of adoption
Section 2908 - Foreign decree of adoption
Section 2909 - Medical history information (Repealed)
Section 2910 - Penalty for unauthorized disclosure
Section 2912 - Combined request for information
Section 2913 - Reasonable fees
Section 2914 - Immunity from liability
Section 2915 - Court and agency records
Section 2916 - Attorney records
Section 2921 - Establishment of registry
Section 2922 - Informational material
Section 2923 - Filing information with registry
Section 2924 - Who may request information from registry
Section 2925 - Providing information from registry
Section 2926 - Rules and regulations
Section 2931 - Access to information
Section 2932 - Nonidentifying information
Section 2933 - Identifying information
Section 2934 - Statement of medical and social history information
Section 2935 - Confidentiality
Section 2936 - Refusal to search