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How the Law Affects Adoptive Parents
Upon written notification from a licensed medical provider, the Department of Children and Families or a Wisconsin adoption agency must attempt to notify adoptive parents of a minor adoptee when records indicate that the offspring's birth parent(s) or a sibling has developed a genetically transferable disease or condition.
Adoptive parents may request medical/genetic information and non-identifying social history information about their adoptee's birth relatives.