(a) If, after reviewing the sealed adoption records, the sealed records or the post-adoption records, and any other credible evidence, and after conducting a diligent search and making any other reasonable inquiries as to the adoptive status of a requesting party or the relationship of the biological or legal relatives to the adopted person or any person for whom records are maintained as described in § 36-1-127(c)(1)(A), or of the adopted person or any person for whom records are maintained as described in § 36-1-127(c)(1)(A), to a biological or legal relative, as the case may be, the department is unable to verify the requesting party's adoptive status or the legal, biological, or sibling relationships of the persons seeking to establish contact to the persons sought or the status of any legal representatives, then the department shall notify the requesting party of this fact and the basis for the inability to verify the relationship, but shall not provide access to any record to the requesting party, or otherwise authorize contact with the person sought or transmit information between any parties.
(b) No additional searches shall be required to be made pursuant to this part in an effort to establish relationships, status or contact for a period of six (6) months from the date of the department's response to the requesting party unless satisfactory evidence is presented to the department in the interim to justify additional searches or unless, in the department's discretion, circumstances warrant such further attempts.
(c) The department shall not attempt further contact with the person sought if that person specifically requests that no further contact be made unless that person or the person's legal representative withdraws such request in writing; provided, that if the person's relationship to the requesting party is confirmed by the person sought or by other evidence satisfactory to the department, the department shall notify such person of the requirement for filing of a contact veto pursuant to §§ 36-1-128, 36-1-129, and 36-1-131(b)(2), and that failure to file the contact veto pursuant to those sections shall permit the requesting party to establish contact.
(d) No more than two (2) records search or contact attempts shall be required to be made by the department, unless, in the department's discretion, circumstances warrant further attempts.
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