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§10-7503-2.5.


§10-7503-2.5.
   
   A. At the time that a written consent to adoption or permanent
   relinquishment is acknowledged by a biological parent before a judge
   of a court of this state, the judge shall advise the biological
   parent:
   
   1. That an adult adopted person born in the State of Oklahoma whose
   decree of adoption is finalized after November 1, 1997, may obtain
   such person's original certificate of birth;
   
   2. That, if affidavits of nondisclosure have been filed by both
   biological parents and have not been revoked by either biological
   parent at the time that the request for the original birth certificate
   is made by the adult adopted person, the original birth certificate
   will not be released to the adult adopted person; and
   
   3. That if an unrevoked affidavit of nondisclosure by only one
   biological parent is on file with the State Registrar of Vital
   Statistics at the time that the request for the original birth
   certificate is made by the adult adopted person, identifying
   information regarding the parent who filed the unrevoked affidavit of
   nondisclosure will be deleted from the original birth certificate
   before it is provided to the adult adopted person. The identity of the
   parent who does not have an unrevoked affidavit of nondisclosure on
   file, if it is contained in the original birth certificate, will be
   disclosed.
   
   B. 1. The judge shall ascertain whether the biological parent wishes
   to execute an affidavit of nondisclosure. If so, an affidavit of
   nondisclosure form shall be made available to the biological parent by
   the court and may be executed in the presence of the judge at the time
   the written consent to adoption or relinquishment for adoption is
   acknowledged.
   
   2. An affidavit of nondisclosure signed at the time a consent or
   relinquishment is acknowledged shall be filed in the adoption action
   with the consent or relinquishment for adoption.
   
   3. Affidavit of nondisclosure forms shall also be available in each
   district court clerk's office and may be executed and filed by a
   biological parent in the court in which an adoption action is pending.
   
   4. An affidavit of nondisclosure may be filed after a final decree of
   adoption has been entered.
   
   C. A biological parent who has executed an affidavit of nondisclosure
   may revoke the affidavit of nondisclosure at any time by filing a
   revocation with the State Registrar of Vital Statistics. Upon receipt
   of a revocation of an affidavit of nondisclosure, the State Registrar
   shall attach the revocation to the affidavit of nondisclosure and file
   it with the original certificate of birth and other records of the
   adoption.
   
   D. The failure to follow any provisions of this section shall not be
   grounds to challenge a decree of adoption.
   

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