Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 27 - Petition for Adoption

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 27 was added October 15, 1980, P.L.934, No.163,...

Section 2701 - Contents of petition for adoption - A petition for adoption shall set forth: (1) The full...

Section 2702 - Exhibits - The petition shall have attached to it the following exhibits:...

Section 2711 - Consents necessary to adoption - (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this part, consent...

Section 2712 - Consents not naming adopting parents - A consent to a proposed adoption meeting all the requirements...

Section 2713 - When other consents not required - The court, in its discretion, may dispense with consents other...

Section 2714 - When consent of parent not required - Consent of a parent to adoption shall not be required...

Section 2721 - Notice of hearing - The court shall fix a time and place for hearing....

Section 2722 - Place of hearing - The hearing shall be private or in open court as...

Section 2723 - Attendance at hearing - The adopting parent or parents and the adoptee must appear...

Section 2724 - Testimony and investigation - (a) Testimony.--The court shall hear testimony in support of the...

Section 2725 - Religious belief - The intermediary may honor the preference of the natural parents...

Section 2731 - Purpose of subchapter - The purpose of this subchapter is to provide an option...

Section 2732 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...

Section 2733 - Parties to agreement - (a) Prospective adoptive parents and birth relatives.--A prospective adoptive parent...

Section 2734 - Consent of a child - If the child is 12 years of age or older,...

Section 2735 - Filing and approval of an agreement - (a) General rule.--An agreement shall be filed with the court...

Section 2736 - Failure to comply - Failure to comply with the terms of an agreement that...

Section 2737 - Modification of agreement - (a) General rule.--Only the adoptive parent or a child who...

Section 2738 - Enforcement of agreement - (a) General rule.--Any party to an agreement, a sibling or...

Section 2739 - Discontinuance of agreement - (a) General rule.--A party to an agreement or a child...

Section 2740 - Procedures for facilitating and resolving agreements involving a county child welfare agency - (a) Department to develop procedures.--In termination of parental rights and...

Section 2741 - Counsel - (a) General rule.--In proceedings under sections 2737 (relating to modification...

Section 2742 - Costs - If the court finds that an action brought under section...