Ohio § 3107.091 Completing social and medical history forms subsequent to adoption

Ohio Statutes

§ 3107.091 — Completing social and medical history forms subsequent to adoption

Ohio § 3107.091

Title 31Domestic Relations-Children

Ch. 3107Adoption

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3107.091 (2026).

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(A)As used in this section, "biological parent" means a biological parent whose offspring, as a minor, was adopted and with respect to whom a medical and social history was not prepared prior or subsequent to the adoption.

(B)A biological parent may request the department of children and youth to provide the biological parent with a copy of the social and medical history forms prescribed by the department pursuant to section3107.09of the Revised Code. The department, upon receipt of such a request, shall provide the forms to the biological parent, if the biological parent indicates that the forms are being requested so that the adoption records of the biological parent's offspring will include a social and medical history of the biological parent. In completing the forms, the biologica

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(A) As used in this section, "biological parent" means a biological parent whose offspring, as a minor, was adopted and with respect to whom a medical and social history was not prepared prior or subsequent to the adoption.

(B) A biological parent may request the department of children and youth to provide the biological parent with a copy of the social and medical history forms prescribed by the department pursuant to section3107.09of the Revised Code. The department, upon receipt of such a request, shall provide the forms to the biological parent, if the biological parent indicates that the forms are being requested so that the adoption records of the biological parent's offspring will include a social and medical history of the biological parent.

In completing the forms, the biological parent may include information described in division (C) of section3107.09of the Revised Code, but shall not include identifying information. When the biological parent has completed the forms to the extent the biological parent wishes to provide information, the biological parent shall return them to the department. The department shall review the completed forms, and shall determine whether the information included by the biological parent is of a type permissible under divisions (B) and (C) of section3107.09of the Revised Code and, to the best of its ability, whether the information is accurate. If it determines that the forms contain accurate, permissible information, the department, after excluding from the forms any information the department deems impermissible, shall file them with the court that entered the interlocutory order or final decree of adoption in the adoption case. If the department needs assistance in determining that court, the department of health, upon request, shall assist it.

The department of children and youth shall notify the biological parent in writing if it excludes from the biological parent's social and medical history forms information deemed impermissible. On receipt of the notice, the biological parent may petition the court with which the forms were filed to make a finding as to whether the information is permissible. On receipt of the petition, the court shall issue its finding without holding a hearing. If the court finds the information is permissible, it shall cause the information to be included on the forms.

Upon receiving social and medical history forms pursuant to this section, a court shall cause them to be filed in the records pertaining to the adoption case.

Social and medical history forms completed by a biological parent pursuant to this section may be corrected or expanded by the biological parent in accordance with division (D) of section3107.09of the Revised Code.

Access to the histories shall be granted in accordance with division (D) of section3107.17of the Revised Code.

(C) This section does not preclude a biological parent from completing a social and medical history in accordance with section3107.393of the Revised Code instead of this section.

Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM