AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services. Division of Child and Family Services. Sandy Office and Salt Lake Valley Region Administration
SERIES: 10026
TITLE: Holladay office adoption case files
DATES: 1930-2012.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by client surname
DESCRIPTION: These files document adoption placements for children whose birth parents have either been deprived of or have permanently relinquished their parental rights. They include a face sheet, intake information, social history, closing information, medical, genetic, and birth information, educational records, psychological evaluations, and birth certificates. Also included are court orders, adoption reports, summons, paternity notices, record of adoptions, termination of parental rights, administrative reviews, investigative reports, handwritten notes, financial reports, and correspondence.
RETENTION
Permanent. Retain for 25 year(s)
DISPOSITION
Transfer to Archives.
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Adoption case files, GRS-2477
AUTHORIZED: 11/07/1991
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office for 2 years and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 23 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.
Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently.
Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.
APPRAISAL
Administrative Historical Legal
UCA 78-30-14 (1991) specifies that adoption case files are to be sealed and can only be viewed according to guidelines outlined in UCA 78-30-18 (1991).
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Controlled. Adoptions are sealed for 100 years