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An Act to Establish a Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry and to Provide for the Transmission of Nonidentifying Information on the Health History and the Genetic and Social History of Adoptees. Model Legislation Series.

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National Committee for Adoption, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982

This document is offered as a legislative model to the states for consideration when addressing the controversy over "opening adoption records." It is the result of an intensive review of existing legislation and approaches concerning "open records" and the creation of adoption "registries." Title I of the model act includes general provisions,…

Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Biological Parents, Confidentiality

Model Act for the Adoption of Children with Special Needs. Includes Section-by-Section Comments and Analysis. Model Legislation Series.

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National Committee for Adoption, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982

There is national concern for the estimated 100,000 "special needs" children who are not quickly adopted because of age, race, ethnic background, sibling relationship, medical condition, or physical, mental or emotional handicaps. That concern has been translated into concrete recommendations in the form of a model act written by the…

Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Age, Child Welfare