Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-5. Information of registry confidential
(a) Notwithstanding another provision of law, the information acquired by any voluntary adoption reunion registry shall not be disclosed under any freedom of information legislation or practice.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-5
- 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
- Adult: means a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older. 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
- Registry: is a passive voluntary adoption reunion registry as established under this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1
(b) A class action suit shall not be maintained in any court of this state to require the registry to disclose identifying information.
(c) Any registrant who discloses or causes to be disclosed identifying information about a biological parent or adult adoptee without that person‘s express written consent shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 388, § 1.