Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-7. Persons eligible to register and to use registry
An adult adoptee, each birth parent, any adult genetic sibling of any adoptee, an adoptive parent of a deceased adoptee, and any parent or adult sibling of a deceased birth parent or parents may register by submitting a signed affidavit to the appropriate registry. The affidavit shall contain the information listed in § 15-7.2-9 and a signed statement of the registrant’s willingness to be identified to the other relevant persons who register. The affidavit gives authority to the registry to release identifying information related to the registrant to the other relevant persons who register. Each registration shall be accompanied by the birth certificate of the registrant.
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 388, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-7
- Adoptee: means a person who has been adopted in the state of Rhode Island. 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.
- 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
- Registry: is a passive voluntary adoption reunion registry as established under this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-7.2-1