Processing affidavits; notification of match.

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(2) If the registry determines there is a match and if the relevant persons have registered with the registry and received the counseling required by ORS 109.480, notification of the match may be given by a registry to only:

(a) A birth parent of an adult adoptee;

(b) An adult adoptee;

(c) The parent or guardian of a minor adoptee or of a minor genetic sibling of an adoptee;

(d) The adult genetic siblings of an adult adoptee;

(e) At the discretion of the agency operating the registry, parents or adult siblings of the birth parent if the birth parent is deceased;

(f) At the discretion of the agency operating the registry, the adoptive parent of a deceased adoptee; or

(g) At the discretion of the agency operating the registry, the adult progeny, or the parent or guardian of minor progeny, of a deceased adoptee, a deceased genetic sibling of an adoptee or a deceased birth parent of an adoptee for the purposes set forth in ORS 109.460 (2).

(3) Notification of a match to the relevant parties shall be made through a direct and confidential contact. [1983 c.672 §11; 1997 c.442 §6; 2015 c.200 §7]

Note: See note under 109.425.


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