Illinois's Laws Regarding Adoptions Records

Illinois

Statute: ch. 325, 5/7.8; ch. 325, 5/11.1

Records Confidential: Yes

Persons with access to records

• CPS/State Agencies

• Agencies From Other States

• Courts/Judges

• Grand Juries

• Law Enforcement

• Attorneys General/Prosecutors

• Attorneys, GAL's

• Physicians

• Researchers

• Employers

• Parents/Guardians

• Coroners

• Review Teams

• Treatment Providers

• Subject of Reports

Persons without access to records

• Reporters of Abuse

• Public/Any Person

Other Probation officers Department of Public Health State Board of Education; school superintendents Department of Professional Regulation

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