Kansas Adoption and Relinquishment Act (records sections only...full text to come)

59-2119 Report of Adoption

The district court shall report the adoption to the state registrar of vital statistics

59-2122 Files and records of adoption

(a) The files and records of the court in adoption proceedings shall not be open to inspection or copy by persons other than the parties in interest and their attorneys, and representatives of the state department of social and rehabilitation services, except upon an order of the court expressly permitting the same. As used in this section, 'parties in interest' shall not include genetic parents once a decree of adoption is entered.

(b) The department of social and rehabilitation services may contact the adoptive parents of the minor child or the adopted adult at the request of the genetic parents in the event of a health or medical need. The department of social and rehabilitation services may contact the adopted adult at the request of the genetic parents for any reason. Identifying information shall not be shared with the genetic parents without the permission of the adopted adult. The department of social and rehabilitation services may contact the genetic parents at the request of the adoptive parents of the minor child or the adopted adult in the event of a health or medical need. The department of social and rehabilitation services may contact the genetic parents at the request of the adopted adult for any reason.

59-2130 Independent and agency adoptions;background information on adoptee and parents;filing;disclosure

(a) The following information shall be filed with the petition in an independent or agency adoption:

1. A complete written genetic, medical and social history of the child and the parents;
2. the names, dates of birth, addresses, telephone numbers, and social security numbers of each of the child's parents, if known;
3. any hospital records pertaining to the child or a properly executed authorization for release of those records;and
4. the child's birth verification, which shall include the date, time and place of birth and the name of the attending physician.

(b) The genetic, medical, and social history required by this section shall be in conformity with the rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of social and rehabilitation services and on forms provided by the secretary.

(c) If any information required to be filed under this section is not available, an affadavit explaining the reasons why it is not available shall be filed with the petition for adoption.

(d) The secretary of social and rehabilitation services shall adopt rules and regulations establishing procedures for updating a child's genetic, medical, and social history if new information becomes known at a later date. The agency or person conducting the investigation under K.S.A 59-2132 shall advise in writing each of the child's biolgoical parents, if known, of those procedures.

(e) Any employee ot agent of the department of social and rehabilitation services, a child-placement agency or a district court who intentionally destroys any information required to be filed under this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

59-2135 Same;Information to be provided to department of social and rehabilitation services.

The clerk of each district court shall provide a copy of the report of adoption, a copy of the report of adoption required in K.S.A 59-2119 and a copy of the information required in K.S.A 59-2130 pertaining to any adoption of a minor to the secretary of social and rehabilitation services shall be maintained by the secreatary and shall be subject to disclosure to the same extent as files and records of the court under K.S.A 59-2122.