OKLAHOMA

DENIES UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO OBC (Almost all adoptees must obtain a court order) 

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Who May Access Information
Citation: Ann. Stat. Tit. 10, § 7508-1.3
The services of a confidential intermediary are available to:
• The adult adopted person
• The legal parent or guardian of the child of a deceased adopted person
• The adult descendant of a deceased adopted person
• The birth parent
• The adult birth sibling or grandparent of an adult adopted person
• The sibling of a deceased birth parent

 

Access to Original Birth Certificate

Citation: Ann. Stat. Tit. 10, § 7505-6.6

For adoptions finalized after November 1, 1997, an uncertified copy of the original birth certificate is available to an adopted person,age 18 or older, upon written request under the following conditions:

• He or she presents proof of identity.

• There are no birth siblings under age 18 who are currently in an adoptive family and whose whereabouts are known.

• The birth parents have not filed affidavits of nondisclosure. 

Original birth certificates are also available upon order of the court for good cause shown, pursuant to § 7505-1.1.

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Access to Non-identifying Information
Citation: Ann. Stat. Tit. 10, § 7508-1.3
If the person who is the subject of the search is not willing to share identifying information, meet, or communicate with the
person who initiated the search, the confidential intermediary shall attempt to obtain any non-identifying medical or social history
information that has been requested by the person who has initiated the search.

If non-identifying medical or social history information was obtained, the administrator shall provide a copy of the nonidentifying
information to the person who initiated the search.

 

Mutual Access to Identifying Information
Citation: Ann. Stat. Tit. 10, §§ 7508-1.2; 7508-1.3
The department shall establish a search program using the services of a confidential intermediary that may be used by eligible
persons listed above to locate an adult birth relative with whom contact has been lost through adoption.
If a birth relative of an adopted person, other than a birth parent, applies to initiate a search or is the subject of a search, the
administrator of the confidential intermediary search program shall ascertain from the State Registrar of Vital Statistics whether an
affidavit of nondisclosure by a birth parent is on file. If such an affidavit is on file and has not been revoked, the search may not be
initiated.
The intermediary will conduct a reasonable search for an individual being sought and make a discreet and confidential inquiry as to
whether the individual consents to the release of identifying information or medical information or to meeting or communicating with
the individual initiating the search. If the individual initiating the search and the individual being sought consent in writing to meet or
to communicate with each other, the intermediary will act to facilitate any meeting or communication between them.
If the confidential intermediary is able to locate the subject of the search, he or she shall make a discreet and confidential inquiry
as to whether the person who is the subject of the search will consent to share identifying information, communicate, or meet with
the person who initiated the search. The inquiry shall be by personal and confidential contact, without disclosing the identifying
information about the person who initiated the search.
If the person who is the subject of the search is willing to share identifying information, communicate, or meet with the person who
initiated the search, the confidential intermediary shall obtain this consent in writing.

Where the Information Can Be Located
• Adoption Reunion Registry, Oklahoma Department of Human Services
• Confidential Intermediary Search Program, Oklahoma Department of Human Services

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