Nebraska
Sealed: 1941
Access status: restricted
- tiered
- Prior to September 1, 1988: Adoptee may request an OBC, but access is contingent upon affirmative written consent of either one birth parent (if mother was unmarried) or both birth parents. Even if birth parent consent affirmatively exists, access may still be denied if an adoptive parent files a nonconsent form. A previously filed nonconsent form applies even after a birthparent’s death; this is known as a zombie veto.
- September 1, 1988, through July 20, 2002: Adoptees must be 21 years of age or older to request their OBC (previously it was 25 years of age). Birth parent consent to release the OBC is presumed unless a birth parent has filed a nonconsent form. Adoptive parents retain the power to veto the release of an OBC.
- After July 20, 2002: Same as adoptions occurring after September 1, 1988, but adoptive parents no longer have veto power over the release of an original birth certificate.
Through a special arrangement with the Adoptee Rights Law Center, Bastard Nation is linking our individual state pages to ARLC state access law links and summaries. In addition. our state pages include information specific to Bastard Nation actions and activities in each state.ead about current OBC access.
Read about current OBC access legislation with links to current and past years bills at our”Keep Informed” legislative pages (middle sidebar.)
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LINKS
- Children of the Corn: a repository, in chronological order, of the Nebraska child dump writings of bastard bloggers Marley Greiner (The Daily Bastardette/Bastard Nation) and Lauren Sabina Kneisly (Baby Love Child), 2010
Updated November 2018
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