Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 3350.105 - Later contacts(a) Contacts initiated by the designated agent or professional staff person with a birth parent should be discreet and carefully considered. The purpose of discretion is to ensure as completely as possible that no persons beyond the involved individuals learn of the adoptee's existence and relationship to the birth parent.(b) The initial meeting between the designated agent or professional staff person and birth parent should be brief and directed towards determining whether the birth parent is willing to have personal or identifying information disclosed to the authorized requester. The meeting should also accomplish the following: (1) Explain the reason for the contact.(2) Specify the precise information requested by the adoptee.(3) Clarify the legal necessity of the birth parent's disclosure of personal or identifying information. A birth parent is under no legal obligation to consent to disclosure of personal or identifying information, and cannot be compelled by the designated agent or professional staff person to consent to disclosure.(4) Provide the birth parent with a copy of 23 Pa.C.S. § 2905 (relating to impounding of proceedings and access to records).(5) Answer relevant questions posed by the birth parent.(6) Permit the birth parent time to consider the request for disclosure of information.(7) Provide the birth parent with a name, address and telephone number for subsequent contacts with the designated agent or professional staff person regarding possible future disclosure of personal or identifying information.(c) If the birth parent consents to the disclosure of personal identifying information, the designated agent or professional staff person proceeds as set forth at § 3350.103(c) (relating to review of records).The provisions of this §3350.105 adopted June 30, 1989, effective 7/1/1989, 19 Pa.B. 2788.