OAR 413-130-0330: Assisted Search Program Eligibility

(1) The following individuals may request an assisted search for a birth parent, an alleged genetic parent, a genetic sibling of an adoptee, or the county in which an adoption was finalized: (a) An adult adoptee; (b) An adoptive parent of a minor adoptee; or (c) An adoptive parent of a deceased adoptee. (2) The following individuals may request an assisted search for an adult adoptee: (a) Except as provided in section (4) of this rule, a birth parent if the adult adoptee does not have any minor genetic siblings in the same adoptive family; (b) An adult genetic sibling of an adoptee; or (c) A parent or adult sibling of a deceased birth parent. (3) Except as provided in section (4) of this rule, a birth parent may request a search for the county in which the adoption was finalized. At the discretion of the Department or agency, a search may be conducted. (4) An alleged genetic parent may not request an assisted search.