Article 681

Every private or public body or institution which receives born children or children merely conceived into its care shall, in so far as possible, make records documenting each child’s biological parentage or most likely parentage.

The records referred to in sub-Article (1) should, if such information is available, include details of the parents whereabouts and the reasons that the parents did not feel able to care for the child themselves.

Every private or public body or institution which receives born children or children merely conceived into its care shall, in so far as possible, keep a record of details of the child’s upbringing and the persons by whom and institutions in which the child was brought up.

The institutions and bodies referred to in sub-Article (1) shall upon request disclose to the child the records kept in accordance with sub-Articles (1), (2) and (3). Disclosure should take place when the child has attained majority or at an earlier moment if such disclosure appears to be appropriate for the child.

Disclosure of information referred to in sub-Articles (1), (2) and (3) may only be refused if disclosure would result in serious harm to the child or another person.