582. The judicial and administrative files concerning the adoption of a child are confidential and no information contained in them may be revealed except as required by law.
However, the court may allow an adoption file to be examined for the purposes of study, teaching, research or a public inquiry, provided that the anonymity of the child, of the parents of origin, of the tutor and of the adopter is preserved.
1991, c. 64, a. 582; I.N. 2014-05-01; 2017, c. 122017, c. 12, s. 341.