§ 15-7.2-1 Definitions
§ 15-7.2-2 Policy
§ 15-7.2-3 Adoption records to be permanently maintained
§ 15-7.2-4 Information – Confidential exceptions
§ 15-7.2-5 Information of registry confidential
§ 15-7.2-6 The court to maintain registry
§ 15-7.2-7 Persons eligible to register and to use registry
§ 15-7.2-8 Failure of a necessary registrant to file an affidavit
§ 15-7.2-9 Content of affidavit – Notice of change in information
§ 15-7.2-10 Processing affidavits
§ 15-7.2-11 Registry information to be maintained permanently
§ 15-7.2-12 Limits on releasing information
§ 15-7.2-13 Registration fee
§ 15-7.2-14 Objections to release of information
§ 15-7.2-15 The court to promulgate rules and procedures
§ 15-7.2-16 Public information
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 15-7.2 - Passive Voluntary Adoption Mutual Consent Registry Act

  • Adoptee: means a person who has been adopted in the state of Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1
  • Adoption: means the judicial act of creating the relationship of parent and child where it did not exist previously. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1
  • Adoptive parent: means an adult who has become a parent of a child through adoption. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1
  • Adult: means a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Agency: means any public or private organization licensed or authorized under the laws of this state to place children for adoption. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1
  • Birth parent: is:

    (i)  The person who is legally presumed under the laws of this state to be the father or mother of genetic origin of a child; and

    (ii)  A putative father of the child if the birth mother alleges he is the father and the putative father, by written affidavit at any time or by surrender and release executed within one year of the relinquishment of the child by the birth mother or termination of parental rights of the birth mother, acknowledges being the child's biological father. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1

  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Health history: is a comprehensive report, when obtainable, of the child's health status and medical history at the time of placement for adoption, including neonatal, psychological, developmental, physiological, and medical care history. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1
  • Passive voluntary adoption reunion registry: is a registry, which is not authorized to seek registrants out but is authorized only to accept voluntary registration from eligible parties as designated in this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Putative father: is a man who, under the laws of this state, is not legally presumed to be the father of genetic origin of a child, but who claims or is alleged to be the father of genetic origin of the child. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1
  • Registry: is a passive voluntary adoption reunion registry as established under this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1
  • Successor agency: is a n agency which has the adoption records of another agency because of the merger of the agency and the successor agency or because a former agency has ceased doing business and has given its adoption records to the successor agency as provided in this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1