Ohio § 3705.126 Confidentiality

Ohio Statutes

§ 3705.126 — Confidentiality

Ohio § 3705.126

Title 37Health-Safety-Morals

Ch. 3705Vital Statistics

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3705.126 (2026).

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The department of health shall neither open an adoption file nor make its contents available except as follows:

(A)The department shall inspect the file to determine the court involved for the purpose of division (D) of section3107.09or section3107.091or3107.171of the Revised Code.

(B)The department shall make the file's contents available to an adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person in accordance with section3107.38of the Revised Code.

(C)The department shall open the file to transfer releases to the file in accordance with section3107.381of the Revised Code.

(D)The department shall open the file to file a contact preference form from a biological parent pursuant to section3107.39of the Revised Code and remove any previously filed contact preference form from the

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The department of health shall neither open an adoption file nor make its contents available except as follows:

(A) The department shall inspect the file to determine the court involved for the purpose of division (D) of section3107.09or section3107.091or3107.171of the Revised Code.

(B) The department shall make the file's contents available to an adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person in accordance with section3107.38of the Revised Code.

(C) The department shall open the file to transfer releases to the file in accordance with section3107.381of the Revised Code.

(D) The department shall open the file to file a contact preference form from a biological parent pursuant to section3107.39of the Revised Code and remove any previously filed contact preference form from the biological parent.

(E) The department shall open the file to remove and destroy a name redaction request form pursuant to division (A) of section3107.391of the Revised Code.

(F) The department shall open the file to file a denial of release form under division (A) of section3107.46of the Revised Code or an authorization of release form under division (B) of that section.

(G) The department shall make the file's contents available to an adopted person or adoptive parent in accordance with section3107.47of the Revised Code.

(H) The department shall open the file to file a request from an adopted person under division (A) of section3107.48of the Revised Code or to remove and destroy the request pursuant to division (B) of that section.

(I) The department shall inspect the file to assist a birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption in accordance with section3107.49of the Revised Code.

(J) The court that decreed the adoption may order that the contents be made open for inspection or available for copying.

Last updated August 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM