Article 1 - General Provisions (Effective September 1, 2018)

Article 1 - General Provisions (Effective September 1, 2018)

§ 19-8-1. (Effective September 1, 2018) Definitions
§ 19-8-2. (Effective September 1, 2018) Jurisdiction and venue of adoption proceedings
§ 19-8-3. (Effective September 1, 2018) Who may adopt a child; when petition must be filed in names of both spouses
§ 19-8-4. (Effective September 1, 2018) Adoption through the department, child-placing agency, or out-of-state licensed agency
§ 19-8-5. (Effective September 1, 2018) Third party adoption by party who is not stepparent or relative of child
§ 19-8-6. (Effective September 1, 2018) Stepparent adoption
§ 19-8-7. (Effective September 1, 2018) Adoption by certain relatives related to child by blood or marriage
§ 19-8-8. (Effective September 1, 2018) Domestication of adoption of child born in foreign country; Certificate of Foreign Birth; authority of court to change date of birth
§ 19-8-9. (Effective September 1, 2018) Revocation of surrender of rights; time limit; effect of voluntary surrender of rights by legal mother
§ 19-8-10. (Effective September 1, 2018) When surrender or termination of parental rights of living parent not required; service on parents in such cases; involuntary termination of rights
§ 19-8-11. (Effective September 1, 2018) Petitioning superior court to terminate rights of one parent or guardian of child; service of process
§ 19-8-12. (Effective September 1, 2018) Notice to biological father; procedure when identity or location of father not known; effect of order terminating biological father's rights; legitimation of child by father; rights of mother
§ 19-8-13. (Effective September 1, 2018) Petition; filing and contents; financial disclosures; attorney's affidavit; redaction of certain information unnecessary
§ 19-8-14. (Effective September 1, 2018) Timing of adoption hearing; record retention; clerk's duties
§ 19-8-15. (Effective September 1, 2018) Objections to petition for adoption
§ 19-8-16. (Effective September 1, 2018) Investigation by court-appointed agent; criminal history records check for adoption petitioners
§ 19-8-17. (Effective September 1, 2018) Report and findings of investigating agent; dismissal of petition; appointment of guardian ad litem
§ 19-8-18. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Hearing; district attorney to be directed to review inducement violations; decree of adoption; factors considered in determining best interests of child; disposition of child on denial of petition
§ 19-8-19. (Effective September 1, 2018) Effect of decree of adoption
§ 19-8-20. (Effective September 1, 2018) Forwarding of decree, report, and subsequent orders to department; issuance of adoption certificate; use as evidence
§ 19-8-21. (Effective September 1, 2018) Adoption of adult individuals; applicability of Code Sections 19-8-19 and 19-8-20
§ 19-8-22. (Effective September 1, 2018) Recognition and effect of order by court or administrative body within or outside United States
§ 19-8-23. (Effective September 1, 2018) Where records of adoption kept; examination by parties and attorneys; use of information by agency and department
§ 19-8-24. (Effective September 1, 2018) Advertising restrictions and requirements; "inducements" defined; unlawful inducements; penalties; exemption for personal communications; civil actions
§ 19-8-25. (Effective September 1, 2018) Effect of prior consent or surrender of rights
§ 19-8-26. (Effective September 1, 2018) Forms
§ 19-8-27. (Effective September 1, 2018) Postadoption contact agreements; definitions; procedure; jurisdiction; warnings; enforcement, termination, or modification; expenses of litigation
§ 19-8-28. (Effective September 1, 2018) Adoption of an orphan

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