West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations
Article 23. Voluntary Adoption Registry

§48-23-101. Policy Regarding Persons Obtaining Identifying Information After Adoption - §48-23-101. Policy regarding persons obtaining identifying information after adoption. (a)...

§48-23-102. Legislative Purpose - The purpose of this article is to: (1) Set up...

§48-23-201. Applicability of Definitions - §48-23-201. Applicability of definitions. For the purposes of this article...

§48-23-202. Adoptee Defined - "Adoptee" means a person who has been legally adopted in...

§48-23-203. Adoption Defined - "Adoption" means the judicial act of creating the relationship of...

§48-23-204. Adult Defined - "Adult" means a person who is eighteen years of age...

§48-23-205. Agency Defined - "Agency" means any public or voluntary organization licensed or approved...

§48-23-206. Genetic and Social History Defined - "Genetic and social history" means a comprehensive report, when obtainable,...

§48-23-207. Health History Defined - "Health history" means a comprehensive report of the child's health...

§48-23-208. Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry or Registry Defined - "Mutual consent voluntary adoption registry" or "registry" means a place...

§48-23-209. Putative Father Defined - "Putative father" means any man not deemed or adjudicated under...

§48-23-301. Division of Human Services to Establish and Maintain Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry - OF VOLUNTARY ADOPTION REGISTRY. §48-23-301. Division of human services to...

§48-23-401. Persons to Whom Use of the Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry Is Available - §48-23-401. Persons to whom use of the mutual consent voluntary...

§48-23-402. Age Limitations on Use of the Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry - (a) A birth parent is not eligible to use the...

§48-23-403. Registration by a Birth Father - A birth father may register if: (1) He was named...

§48-23-404. Registration by a Birth Parent Who Used an Alias in Terminating Parental Rights - If a birth parent used an alias name in terminating...

§48-23-501. Prerequisites to Disclosure of Identifying Information - §48-23-501. Prerequisites to disclosure of identifying information. The adult adoptee...

§48-23-502. Counseling of Registrants - Upon registering, the registrant shall participate in not less than...

§48-23-503. Cases Where Disclosure of Identifying Information Cannot Occur - In any case where the identity of the birth father...

§48-23-504. Matching and Disclosure Procedures - (a) Each mutual consent voluntary adoption registry must be operated...

§48-23-505. Retention of Data by the Registry - Any affidavits filed and other information collected shall be retained...

§48-23-506. Scope of Information Obtained by the Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry - A mutual consent voluntary adoption registry shall obtain only information...

§48-23-507. Fees for Operations of the Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry - All costs for establishing and maintaining a mutual consent voluntary...

§48-23-601. Compilation of Nonidentifying Information on Health History and Social and Genetic History - §48-23-601. Compilation of nonidentifying information on health history and social...

§48-23-701. Prohibited Conduct - §48-23-701. Prohibited conduct. (a) No person, agency, entity or organization...

§48-23-801. Nondisclosure - §48-23-801. Nondisclosure. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the...