Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

23 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2102 (2026)

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§ 2102. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this part shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:

"Adoptee." An individual proposed to be adopted.

"Agency." Any incorporated or unincorporated organization, society, institution or other entity, public or voluntary, which may receive or provide for the care of children, supervised by the Department of Public Welfare and providing adoption services in accordance with standards established by the department.

"Clerk." The clerk of the division of the court of common pleas having jurisdiction over voluntary relinquishment, involuntary termination and adoption proceedings.

"Court." The court of common pleas.

"Intermediary." Any person or persons or agency acting between the parent or parents and the proposed adoptive parent or parents in arranging an adoption placement.

"Medical history information." Medical records and other information concerning an adoptee or an adoptee's natural family which is relevant to the adoptee's present or future health care or medical treatment. The term includes:

(1) otherwise confidential or privileged information provided that identifying contents have been removed pursuant to section 2909 (relating to medical history information); and

(2) information about the natural parents which may be relevant to a potential hereditary or congenital medical problem.

"Newborn child." A child who is six months of age or younger at the time of the filing of any petition pursuant to Chapter 25 (relating to proceedings prior to petition to adopt).

"Parent." Includes adoptive parent.

(June 23, 1982, P.L.617, No.174, eff. 60 days; May 21, 1992, P.L.228, No.34, eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1995, P.L.685, No.76, eff. 60 days)

1995 Amendment. Act 76 amended the def. of "medical history information."

1992 Amendment. Act 34 added the def. of "newborn child."

References in Text. Section 2909, referred to in this section, is repealed. The subject matter is now contained in section 2934 of this title.

The Department of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Department of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2022 · leading case: Gibbs v. Ernst, 647 A.2d 882 (Pa. 1994).

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Gibbs v. Ernst, 647 A.2d 882 (Pa. 1994). · cites it 2× “23 Pa.C.S. § 2102. Section 2909 sets forth medical history requirements and states in pertinent part that “[m]edical history information shall, where practicable, be delivered by the attending physi *206 cian or other designated person to the intermediary who shall-deliver such…”

In Re Adoption of J.E.F., 902 A.2d 402 (Pa. 2006). · cites it 2× “23 Pa.C.S. § 2102 ("`Intermediary.' Any person or persons or agency acting between the parent or parents and the proposed adoptive parent or parents in arranging an adoption placement") (emphasis added); 23 Pa.”

Halper v. Jewish Fam. & Child.'s Serv., 963 A.2d 1282 (Pa. 2009). · cites it 2× “; see also 23 Pa.C.S. § 2102. Here, the Superior Court was correct in its interpretation of Gibbs with regard to negligent misrepresentation, the wrongful adoption claim.”

In Re Adoption of M.R.B., 25 A.3d 1247 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2011). “However, this position conflicts with both the § 2511(a)(6)’s express application to newborn children, which the Adoption Act defines as less than six months old at the time the petition is filed, see 23 Pa.C.S. § 2102, and the four-month *1254 review window that the legislature…”

In re Adoption of B.A.B., 508 A.2d 556 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1986). “23 Pa.C.S. § 2102. In the instant case, the court relied primarily upon the following provision of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code in holding that Attorney A’s receipt of compensation was partially unlawful and that the amount received was thereby subject to reduction: Dealing in…”

Adoption of C.S.S., Appeal of: J.T., IV (Pa. Super. Ct. 2019). “23 Pa.C.S. § 2102. Subsection 2511(a)(6) includes a four-month review window to examine the parent’s conduct.”

Adoption of M.H., Appeal of: K.W. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2022). “See 23 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. §§ 2102, 2512(a)(2).”

In re Anonymous No. 62 D.B. 87, 5 Pa. D. & C.4th 459 (Pa. 1989). “(25) Pennsylvania statute allows a lay person to act as an intermediary in adoption matters (23 Pa.C.S. §2102). (26) Respondent has acted as an adoption intermediary four times since his suspension from the practice of law.”

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