IN RE LAY

No. PP-238.

382 So.2d 814 (1980)

In re Patricia LAY, for Disclosure of Adoptive Records, Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tommy E. McPherson, Pensacola, for Patricia Lay.


SHAW, Judge.

The narrow issue before us is whether § 63.162(4), Florida Statutes (1979), precludes disclosure of adoption records to persons other than the adoptive parents or the adopted child. We conclude that it does not.

Patricia Lay was one of eight children who were placed in adoptive homes in 1953 when they were 15, 13, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5 and 4 years of age. Three of the siblings went to one home. The other children were each adopted by different...

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