In Re the Adoption of S.J.D.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that both article I, section 7 and the First Amendment protect a general right to receive information
• balancing the right of an adopted adult to receive information about the identity of their biological parents against the parents’ right to withhold that information
• “If a statute is susceptible to more than one construction, one of which is constitutional and the other not, we are obliged to adopt the construction which will uphold it.” (citing Santi v. Santi, 633 N.W.2d 312, 316 (Iowa 2001)
• for adoptee seeking identifying information, “good cause . . . should include no less than a showing of a medical need to save the life of or prevent irreparable physical or mental harm to an adult adopted person requesting the identifying information.”
• denying adoptee’s motion to unseal his adoption records

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).