Sec. 45a-744. (Formerly Sec. 45-68b). Legislative policy.
Sec. 45a-744. (Formerly Sec. 45-68b). Legislative policy. It is the policy of the
state of Connecticut to make available to adopted and adoptable persons who are adults
(1) information concerning their background and status; to give the same information
to their adoptive parent or parents; and, in any case where such adult persons are deceased, to give the same information to their adult descendants, including adopted descendants except a copy of their original birth certificate as provided by section 7-51;
(2) to provide for consensual release of additional information which may identify the
biological parents or relatives of such adult adopted or adoptable persons when release
of such information is in the best interests of such persons; (3) except as provided in
subdivisions (4) and (5), to protect the right to privacy of all parties to termination of
parental rights, statutory parent and adoption proceedings; (4) to make available to any
biological parent of an adult adopted or adult adoptable person, including a person
claiming to be the father who was not a party to the proceedings for termination of
parental rights, information which would tend to identify such adult adopted or adult
adoptable person; and (5) to make available to any adult biological sibling of an adult
adopted or adult adoptable person information which would tend to identify such adult
adopted or adult adoptable person.
(P.A. 77-246, S. 1; P.A. 80-476, S. 158; P.A. 87-555, S. 2; P.A. 95-179, S. 2; P.A. 96-130, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 80-476 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators; P.A. 87-555 deleted references
to Secs. 17-57a and 17-431(a) and added reference to Sec. 46b-124, deleted "adult persons whose genetic parents were
removed as guardians and adult persons whose genetic parents' rights to custody were removed" and added "in any
case where such adult persons are deceased, to give the same information to their adult descendants, including adopted
descendants, except as provided by section 7-51", added "or relatives" after "genetic parents", and deleted "removal of
custody, removal of guardianship" in Subdiv. (3); Sec. 45-68b transferred to Sec. 45a-744 in 1991; P.A. 95-179 added
Subdivs. (4) and (5) re availability of identifying information to genetic parent and adult biological sibling of an adopted
or adoptable person and added exception to Subdivs. (4) and (5) in Subdiv. (3); P.A. 96-130 changed "intent" to "policy"
and made additional technical changes, including changing "genetic" to "biological" and added specific exemption of a
copy of original birth certificate.