If a birth parent used an alias name in terminating his or her parental rights, and the alias is listed in the original sealed birth record, that birth parent may register if the agency, organization, entity or person that placed the child for adoption, certifies to the court that the individual seeking to register used the alias name set forth in the original sealed birth certificate.
Structure 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
§48-23-206. 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
§48-23-401. 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