S.B. 2153 Summary

• Allows adopted individuals who are 18 years or older to access their sealed adoption records without requiring birthparent consent or approval.

• Permits adoptive parents and natural parents to access adoption records after the adoptee reaches age 18 through written request to the family court.

• Eliminates the previous requirement for family courts to notify birthparents and obtain their consent or waiver before releasing records to adoptees.

• Maintains access to medical information and ethnic background for adoptees regardless of any confidentiality requests.

• Allows natural parents to request a copy of the original birth certificate.