Northwest Territories

General Information

How to request information
Controlling Legislation: Adoption Act, SNWT (Nu) 1998, c 9, Part 2
Northwest Territories Assembly

Political, Search and Reunion

Canada Open Records (Facebook) (Bastard Nation Partner)

Access

Age of access: 19 years

Adult adoptee access to original full name: Conditional – subject to reunion, or if natural parents cannot be located in an active search within one year

Adult adoptee access to their OBC in full: Conditional – subject to reunion, or if natural parents cannot be located in an active search within one year

Adult adoptee access to other identifying information about their natural parents: Conditional – Only after reunion, or if natural parents cannot be located in an active search within one year.

Disclosure Vetoes: Implied for a period of one year, in which an active search is started, after which, if the person cannot be located, the records will be released,

Contact Preferences or Contact Vetoes: NA

Passive registry: Available

Active registry: Available to a natural parent of an adult adoptee/ Required before identifying information is given to the other person in order to allow them a chance to file a veto. Section 35 (583.7 and 583.8)

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