§2-C-1 | ADOPTION AND BIRTH RECORDS
Adoption records are also confidential and may not be disclosed except as provided in s. 63.162, F.S. And see s. 63.165(1), F.S. (state adoption registry); and s. 63.0541, F.S. (putative father registry).
An unadopted individual, however, has the right to obtain his or her birth records which include the names of the individual’s parents from the hospital in which he or she was born. Atwell v. Sacred Heart Hospital of Pensacola, 520 So. 2d 30 (Fla. 1988). (Florida Office of the Attorney General // © )
