DMR.1.8.080 Records

(a) The Children's Court may not disclose the records of any adoption except as provided for in this section.

(b) A copy of the medical and genetic history report, as provided in Section DMR.1.6.090(a) of this ordinance, with the names and other identifying data of the birth parents and of the birth parents' or child's' health care provider removed, shall be provided to the adoptive parents upon entry of the final judgment of adoption. The Court may, in its discretion, disclose information as needed from the report, including the entire report, to the adoptive parents after entry of a temporary order and before entry of the final judgment. Additional information supplied to the Court under Section DMR.1.6.090(d)(5) of this ordinance shall be made available to the adoptive parents upon receipt or upon later request, provided the adoptive parents sign a statement requesting such information and acknowledging that the Court or tribe does not vouch for its accuracy. A copy of the report, and the information and of additional information received under Section DMR.1.6.090(d)(5) of this ordinance shall also be made available, on request, to the child after the child's eighteenth birthday, provided the child signs a statement acknowledging that the Court or tribe does not vouch for the accuracy of the information contained therein. Releases of information under this subsection shall be without charge.

(c) Information confirming membership rights shall be made available upon request to the child's Tribe, the adoptive parents and, after the child has reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to the child. Releases of information under this subsection shall be without charge.

(d) Information regarding the identity of the child's birth parents, may be released to the child upon request after the child has reached the age eighteen (18), if both birth parents have filed with the court affidavits which have not been subsequently revoked, authorizing the Court to release such information, or in the case where one parent was unknown at the time of the termination of parental rights of the other parent, if the known parent has filed with the court an unrevoked affidavit. However, the Children's Court may release information regarding the identity of the child's birth parents to the child upon request after the child has reached the age eighteen (18), without the filing of court affidavits by the birth parents authorizing the Court to release such information so long as Court determines that it is in the best interests of the child and the child's Tribe to do so, subject to the redaction of names or the rights of confidentially as required by Tribal or federal law.