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VIRGINIA Law/Reform
Access to confidential adoption records is available by court order only. Adoptees 18 and older have the right to non-id from their final adoption record. The right to apply to the VA Dept of Social Services for identifying information for "good cause". Agreement from the birth family member to the sharing of information is considered "good cause". The right to request an attempt be made to convey critical medical, psychological, and genetic information to their birth parents or adult birth siblings. ID information will not be passed on under this section. In parental placement adoption, where the consent to the adoption was executed on or after July 1, 1994, the adult adoptee may view the entire adoption record. However any criminal record checks done on the adoptive parent which show a criminal record conviction cannot be released. Virginia Links
Virginia
Adoption Law
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