Section 7505-1.1 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes requires that all papers and records pertaining to the adoption shall be confidential except as authorized by Sections 7504-1.2, 7505-6.6, 7508-1.2, and 7508-1.3 or upon order of a court of record for good cause shown.  The adoption case record includes the child's case file and the adoptive family resource files.  These files are considered an adoption record once they become part of an authorized adoptive placement, per OAC 340:75-15-103.

• (1) Locked files.  Adoption records are kept in locked files or desks to ensure confidentiality.  After an adoption is finalized on a child placed by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS), the adoption record, including the child's birth family record, adoptive placement record, and the adoptive resource file, is kept in locked storage in the State Office, Children and Family Services Division (CFSD), Post-Adoption Services Section.
• (2) Non-identifying information.  All records regarding adoption assistance are confidential.  Certain types of non-identifying information may be released when Form 04CI002E, Oklahoma Mutual Consent Voluntary Registry, is submitted by an adoptive family or adult adoptee, per OAC 340:75-15-132.
• (3) Identifying information redacted.  The adoptive family is not identified in any form in the child's birth family record or in reports to the court in the child's juvenile court case.  The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth (OCCY) may have access to records regarding the transition of children in the custody of OKDHS into adoptive placement from foster care status.  These records are redacted by OKDHS to exclude any information identifying the adoptive parent(s).  When OCCY requests access to records pertaining to a child in adoptive placement, the State Office, CFSD Post-Adoption Services Section is notified prior to the release of any information for direction in processing the request.