Controversy
The Uniform Law Commissioners recognized the controversy created by the Uniform Adoption Act in their Legislative Summary, noting that the Act "contains many studied compromises in the effort to be as fair as possible to all parties, but there are no illusions about the satisfaction that the Uniform Adoption Act (1994) will provide to many people with committed interest in adoption issues."
Indeed, attempts to adopt the UAA have been met with protest by many Adoption advocates. Critics dub the UAA the "Evil Act", alleging that the Act prevents adoptees from gathering sufficient information about their biological parents by sealing adoption-related court records for 99 years (see closed adoption and open adoption). It would also impose heavy fines and possible jail time for adoptees who try to seek their birth families. Critics also allege that the Act provides insufficient revocation periods and does not properly require the notification of a non-spousal father.
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