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IN RE PHILIP S.

No. 2004-342-Appeal.

881 A.2d 931 (2005)

In re PHILIP S. et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

September 19, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean P. Lynch, Randall J. Levesque, for Petitioner.

Linn Foster Freedman, Esq., Providence, for Respondent.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, and ROBINSON, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This case, in which the underlying dispute revolves around the petitioner's professed need to have access to the records of his own adoption, involves a clash of rights — each of which deserves respect, even though they cannot be reconciled with each other. The petitioner asserts that his religious convictions are of such a magnitude that the confidentiality that ordinarily attaches to adoption records should be subordinated to...

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