Tina's North Dakota Adoption Page
Overview of North Dakota Adoption
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In North Dakota, an adult adoptee (age 18) may request the
Department of Human Services to disclose identifying
information concerning the birth parent(s). The Department
must notify the child placing agency maintaining the
adoption records and the agency must attempt to locate the
birth parents. If the agency is unable to locate the birth
parent(s), information may not be released. If either of
the birth parents has filed an affidavit denying consent to
release of identifying information, information may not be
released. Information may only be released if both birth
parents have filed a consent. Adult adoptees may request
from the Department identifying information respecting adult
biological siblings. Information will only be released with
the written consent of the sibling and of any biological
parents of the sibling if he or she knows their identity.
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N.D. Cent. Code, Ch. 14-15, 16.
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