Arizona Law/Reform
Under the laws of Arizona, adoptions records are
confidential. Access is only available by court order to persons
demonstrating a "legitimate interest." Non-identifying information
may be obtained by an adult adoptee, adoptive parent or birth parent from
the court, agency, or person involved in filing the adoption
proceedings. A person may petition the court to obtain information relating to an adoption in the possession of the court, the division or any agency or attorney involved in the adoption. Non-identifying information may be released by the court pursuant to section 8- 129. The court shall not release identifying information unless the person requesting the information has established a compelling need for disclosure of the information or consent has been obtained pursuant to subsection E of this section or from the birth parent pursuant to section 8-106. If a compelling need for disclosure of information is established, the court may decide what information, if any, should be disclosed and to whom and under what conditions disclosure may be made. An adoptee who is twenty-one years of age or older or a birth parent may file at any time with the court and the agency, division or attorney who participated in the adoption a notarized statement granting consent, withholding consent or withdrawing a consent previously given for the release of confidential information. If an adoptee who is twenty-one years of age or older and the birth mother or birth father have filed a notarized statement granting consent to the release of confidential information, the court may disclose information, except identifying information relating to a birth parent who did not grant written consent, to the adoptee or birth parent.
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