Vermont § 6-105 - Disclosure of identifying information

§ 6-105. Disclosure of identifying information

• (a) Unless a former parent has filed a request for nondisclosure, identifying information
  about an adoptee’s former parent shall be disclosed by the registry to any of the
  following persons upon request: (1) an adoptee who is 18 years of age or older; (2) an adoptee who is emancipated; and (3) a deceased adoptee’s direct descendant who is 18 years of age or older or the parent
  or guardian of a direct descendant who is less than 18 years of age. (b) [Repealed] (c) An adult descendant of a deceased former parent or the guardian of a former parent
  who has been declared incompetent may consent to the disclosure of information as
  provided for in subsection (a) of this section. (d) If an adoptee who is 18 years of age or older consents, identifying information about
  the adoptee shall be disclosed by the registry to any of the following persons upon
  request: (1) the adoptee’s former parent; and (2) the adoptee’s sibling who is 18 years of age or older. (e) Identifying information about the adoptee shall be disclosed to the adoptee’s former
  parent if the parent of an adoptee who is less than 18 years of age consents to the
  disclosure. (f) Identifying information about a deceased adoptee shall be disclosed by the registry
  to the adoptee’s former parent or sibling upon request if: (1) the deceased adoptee’s direct descendant is 18 years of age or older and consents
  to the disclosure; or (2) the parent or guardian of a direct descendant who is less than 18 years of age consents
  to the disclosure. (g) Identifying information about a sibling of an adoptee shall be disclosed by the registry
  to the adoptee upon request if both the sibling and the adoptee are 18 years of age
  or older and the sibling consents to disclosure. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2021, No. 100 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. July 1, 2023.)