Bastard Nation - Tour of Anti-Adoptee Sites

<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFFFFF" link="#FFFF00" vlink="#FF0000"> <p align="center"><font color="#FF0000" size="5" face="Arial"><strong><b>UNIFORM ADOPTION ACT</b></strong></font><font face="ARIAL"><b><br> </b></font><font color="#FF0000" size="5" face="Arial"><b>Adoptee as Eternal Child</b></font></p> <div align="center"><center><table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td><a href="#secret"><font color="#FFFF00" size="3" face="Arial"><strong><b>Our Births a State Secret </b></strong></font></a></td> <td valign="bottom" rowspan="2"><a href="#criminal"><font color="#FFFF00" size="3" face="Arial"><strong><b><img src="/images/scales.gif" alt="Injustice" width="216" height="144"></b></strong></font></a></td> <td><a href="#maturity"><font color="#FFFF00" size="3" face="Arial"><strong><b>Our Maturity Questioned</b></strong></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#criminal"><font color="#FFFF00" size="3" face="Arial"><strong><b>Searching Made Criminal</b></strong></font></a><font color="#FFFF00" size="3" face="Arial"><strong><b> </b></strong></font></td> <td><a href="#ingrates"><font color="#FFFF00" size="3" face="Arial"><strong><b>Disciplining the Ingrates</b></strong></font></a><font color="#FFFF00" size="3" face="Arial"><strong><b> </b></strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </center></div><hr> <h2><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>PEOPLE! This is a REAL BILL! NOT A JOKE! PLEASE READ WHAT IS BEING AGGRESSIVELY PASSED FROM STATE TO STATE. WOULD YOU SUPPORT SUCH PROVISIONS? WOULD YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO KNOW YOU SAT IDLE WHEN YOU KNEW THIS WAS GOING ON? PLEASE, GET ACTIVE AND FIGHT THESE PROVISIONS IN THE UAA!!!</b></font></h2> <p><a name="secret"></a></p> <h2><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>OUR BIRTHS A STATE SECRET!</b></font></h2> <hr> <blockquote> <h3><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>ARTICLE 6. RECORDS OF ADOPTION PROCEEDING: RETENTION, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND ACCESS</b></font></h3> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>SECTION 6-101. RECORDS DEFINED. Unless the context requires otherwise, for purposes of this Article, "records" includes all documents, exhibits, and data pertaining to an adoption.</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>SECTION 6-102. RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL, COURT RECORDS SEALED. </b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(a) All records, whether on file with the court, or in the possession of an agency, the [Registrar of Vital Records or Statistics], a lawyer, or other provider of professional services in connection with an adoption, are confidential and may not be inspected except as provided in this [Act]. </b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(b) During a proceeding for adoption, records are not open to inspection except as directed by the court. </b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(c) Within 30 days after a decree of adoption becomes final, the clerk of the court shall send to the [Registrar], in addition to the report of adoption required by Section 3-801, a certified copy of any document signed pursuant to Section 2-404(e) and filed in the proceeding for adoption.</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(d) All records on file with the court must be </b></font><font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Arial"><strong><b>retained permanently and sealed for 99 years</b></strong></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>after the date of the adoptee's birth. Sealed records and indices of the records are not open to inspection by any person except as provided in this [Act].</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(e) Any additional information about an adoptee, the adoptee's former parents, and the adoptee's genetic history that is submitted to the court within the 99-year period, must be added to the sealed records of the court. Any additional information that is submitted to an agency, lawyer, or other professional provider of services within the 99-year period must be kept confidential. </b></font></p> </blockquote> <hr> <p><a name="maturity"></a></p> <h2><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>OUR MATURITY QUESTIONED</b></font></h2> <hr> <blockquote> <h3><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>SECTION 6-105. ACTION FOR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.</b></font></h3> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(a) To obtain information not otherwise available under Section 6-103 or 6-104, an adoptee who has attained 18 years of age, an adoptee who has not attained 18 years of age and has the permission of an adoptive parent, an adoptive parent of an adoptee who has not attained 18 years of age, a deceased adoptee's direct descendant who has attained 18 years of age, the parent or guardian of a direct descendant who has not attained 18 years of age, or an adoptee's former parent may file a petition in the court to obtain information about another individual described in this section which is contained in records, including original birth certificates, required by this [Act] to be confidential or sealed.</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(b) In determining whether to grant a petition under this section, the court shall review the sealed records of the relevant proceeding for adoption and shall make specific findings concerning:</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(1) the reason the information is sought;</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(2) whether the individual about whom information is sought has filed a signed document described in Section 2-404(e) or 6-104 requesting that his or her identity not be disclosed, or has not filed any document;</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(3) whether the individual about whom information is sought is alive;</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(4) whether it is possible to satisfy the petitioner's request without disclosing the identity of another individual;</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="Arial"><b>(5) the likely effect of disclosure on the adoptee, the adoptive parents, the adoptee's former parents, and other members of the adoptee's original and adoptive families;</b></font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>and (6) the age,</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font><font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Arial"><b>maturity</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b>, </b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>and expressed needs of the adoptee. </b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(c) The court may order the disclosure of the requested information only upon a determination that good cause exists for the release based on the findings required by subsection (b) and a conclusion that</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(1) there is a compelling reason for disclosure of the information; and</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(2) the benefit to the petitioner will be greater than the harm to any other individual of disclosing the information.</b></font></p> </blockquote> <hr> <p><a name="criminal"></a></p> <h2><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>SEARCHING MADE CRIMINAL!!!!</b></font></h2> <hr> <blockquote> <h3><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>SECTION 7-106. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.</b></font></h3> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(a) Except as authorized in this [Act], a person who furnishes or retains a report or records pursuant to this [Act] may not disclose any identifying or nonidentifying information contained in the report or records. </b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(b) A person who knowingly gives or offers to give or who accepts or agrees to accept anything of value for an</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font><font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Arial"><b>unauthorized disclosure of identifying information made confidential by this [Act] is guilty of a [misdemeanor] </b></font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="Arial"><b>punishable by a fine</b></font><font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Arial"><b> of not more than [$ ] </b></font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="Arial"><b>or imprisonment</b></font><font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Arial"><b> for not more than [ ], or both, for the first violation and of a [felony] punishable by a fine of not more than [$ ] or imprisonment for not more than [ ], </b></font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="Arial"><b>or both</b></font><font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Arial"><b>, for each succeeding violation. </b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(c) A person who knowingly gives or offers to give or who accepts or agrees to accept anything of value for an unauthorized disclosure of nonidentifying information made confidential by this [Act] is subject to a [civil</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font><font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Arial"><b>penalty</b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>] not to exceed [$5,000] for the first </b></font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="ARIAL"><b>violation</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b>, </b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>and not to exceed [$10,000] for each succeeding </b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="ARIAL"><b>violation in an action brought by the [State............].</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="ARIAL"><b>(d) A person who makes a disclosure, that the person knows is unauthorized, of identifying or nonidentifying information from a report or record maintained pursuant to this [Act] is subject to a [civil penalty] not to exceed [$2,500] for the first violation, and not to exceed [$5,000] for each succeeding violation in an action brought by the [State]. </b></font></p> </blockquote> <hr> <p><a name="ingrates"></a></p> <h2><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="ARIAL"><strong>DISCIPLINE THE INGRATES!!!!</strong></font></h2> <hr> <blockquote> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="ARIAL"><b>(e) The court may enjoin from further violations any person who makes or obtains an unauthorized disclosure and shall refer the person to an appropriate licensing authority for </b></font><font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Arial"><b>disciplinary proceedings.</b></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>(f) In addition to the penalties provided in subsections (b) through (e), an individual who is the subject of any of the information contained in a report or records made confidential by this [Act] may </b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="ARIAL"><b>maintain an</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font><font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Arial"><b>action for damages</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>or equitable relief </b></font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="Arial"><b>against any person</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> who </b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>makes or obtains, or </b></font><font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Arial"><b>is likely to make or obtain, an unauthorized disclosure of the information.</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b><br> </b></font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="Arial"><b>(g) Identifying information contained in a report or records required by this [Act] to be kept confidential or sealed may not be disclosed under any other law of this State.</b></font></p> </blockquote> <hr> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>So, how do you like it? Adoptees, Adoptive Parents, Birthparents,</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font><font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="ARIAL"><b>get involved</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3" face="Arial"><b>and learn how to</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="ARIAL"><b>fight the U.A.A. </b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4" face="Arial"><b>The civil rights of future adoptees depends on us!!! </b></font></p> <hr> <h2><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b>To Learn More:</b></font></h2> <ul> <li><a href="or.htm"><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="Arial"><b>Open Records: Why it's an Issue</b></font></a><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="Arial"><b> </b></font></li> <li><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b>Shea Grimm's </b></font><a href="http://www.plumsite.com/shea/uaa.html"><font color="#FFFF00" size="4" face="Arial"><b>Uniform Adoption Act page</b></font><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font></a><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b>includes detailed information on the UAA, who supports and opposes it, a link to the full text and links to relevant sites </b></font></li> <li><a href="support.htm"><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b>Adoptive parents speak out for Open Records</b></font></a><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font></li> <li><a href="reform.htm"><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b>Sealed Records and Adoption Reform: An Historical Perspective</b></font></a><font size="4" face="ARIAL"><b> </b></font></li> </ul> <p align="center"><font size="1" face="ARIAL"><b>Injustice flag by J. 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