CODE OF VIRGINIA

FURNISHING INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; PENALTY (§ 63.2-1251)

A. The Department is not required to locate the mother of a child who is the
subject of a registration, but the Department shall send a copy of the notice of
registration to the mother if an address is provided.

B. Information contained in the registry is confidential and may only be
released on request to:

   1.  A court or a person designated by the court;

   2.  The mother of the child who is the subject of the registration;

   3.  An agency authorized by law to receive such information;

   4.  A licensed child-placing agency;

   5.  A support enforcement agency;

   6.  The child’s guardian ad litem;

   7.  A party or the party’s attorney of record in an adoption proceeding,
   custody proceeding, paternity proceeding, or in a proceeding of termination of
   parental rights, regarding a child who is the subject of the registration;

   8.  A putative father registry in another state; and

   9.  A local department of social services for the purpose of establishing
   paternity of a child accepted for placement by a local board pursuant to §
   63.2-900.

C. Information contained in the registry shall be exempt from disclosure under
the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).

D. An individual who intentionally releases information from the registry to an
individual or agency not authorized to receive the information in this section
is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 2006, c. 825; 2012, c. 424; 2015, c. 531.