A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should not approve certain portions of the proposed model State adoption legislation prepared under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978.

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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should not approve any portion of the Model State Adoption Act and Procedures prepared under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 which: (1) confers upon all biological fathers of children born out of wedlock, without distinction, the right to veto adoption of the child upon mere proof of paternity; (2) sets less stringent standards for the placement of children by unlicensed intermediaries than by licensed child-placing agencies; (3) gives parents the right to revoke relinquishments which have not been obtained through fraud, duress, or undue influence; (4) requires automatic opening, at the request of an adult adoptee, of confidential birth records, court records, and adoption agency records; (5) requires agencies to notify adult adoptees that a birth parent desires to meet the adoptee even if the adoptee has not expressed a desire to meet with his or her birth parents; and (6) allows birth parents to have access to the adoption records of their relinquished children without the permission of both the adoptee (over age 18) and the adoptive parents.

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  summary · EN · 22 January 1981

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