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§48-22-101. Applicability of Definitions - §48-22-101. Applicability of definitions. For the purposes of this article...
§48-22-102. Abandonment Defined - "Abandonment" means any conduct by the birth mother, legal father,...
§48-22-103. Adoptive Parents, Adoptive Mother or Adoptive Father Defined - "Adoptive parents" or "adoptive mother" or "adoptive father" means those...
§48-22-104. Agency Defined - "Agency" means a public or private entity, including the Department...
§48-22-105. Birth Father Defined - "Birth father" means the biological father of the child.
§48-22-106. Birth Mother Defined - "Birth mother" means the biological mother of the child.
§48-22-107. Birth Parents Defined - "Birth parents" mean both the biological father and the biological...
§48-22-108. Consent Defined - "Consent" means the voluntary surrender to an individual, not an...
§48-22-109. Determined Father Defined - "Determined father" means, before adoption, a person: (1) In whom...
§48-22-110. Legal Father Defined - "Legal father" means, before adoption, the male person having the...
§48-22-111. Marital Child Defined - "Marital child" means a child born or conceived during marriage.
§48-22-112. Nonmarital Child Defined - "Nonmarital child" means a child not born or conceived during...
§48-22-113. Outsider Father Defined - "Outsider father" means the biological father of a child born...
§48-22-114. Putative Father Defined - "Putative father" means, before adoption, any man named by the...
§48-22-115. Relinquishment Defined - "Relinquishment" means the voluntary surrender to an agency by a...
§48-22-116. Stepparent Adoption Defined - "Stepparent adoption" means an adoption in which the petitioner for...
§48-22-117. Unknown Father Defined - "Unknown father" means a biological father whose identity the biological...
§48-22-201. Persons Who May Petition for Decree of Adoption - Any person not married or any person, with his or...
§48-22-301. Persons Whose Consent or Relinquishment Is Required; Exceptions - (a) Subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth, consent to...
§48-22-302. Timing and Execution of Consent or Relinquishment - (a) No consent or relinquishment may be executed before the...
§48-22-303. Content of Consent or Relinquishment - (a) A consent or relinquishment as required by the provisions...
§48-22-304. Consent or Relinquishment by Infants - If a person who has executed a consent to or...
§48-22-305. Revocation of Consent or Relinquishment for Adoption - (a) Parental consent or relinquishment, whether given by an adult...
§48-22-306. Conduct Presumptively Constituting Abandonment - (a) Abandonment of a child over the age of six...
§48-22-401. Delivery of Child for Adoption; Written Recital of Circumstances - §48-22-401. Delivery of child for adoption; written recital of circumstances....
§48-22-501. Filing of Petition for Adoption - The petition for adoption may be filed at any time...
§48-22-502. Petition and Appendix - (a) The petition shall be verified and set forth: (1)...
§48-22-601. Who Shall Receive Notice - §48-22-601. Who shall receive notice. (a) Unless notice has been...
§48-22-602. How Notice Is to Be Served - (a) Notice shall be served on each person as required...
§48-22-603. Notice to an Unknown Father - (a) In the case of an unknown father, the court...
§48-22-701. Proceedings - §48-22-701. Proceedings. (a) When the cause has matured for hearing...
§48-22-702. Recordation of Order; Fees; Disposition of Records; Names of Adopting Parents and Persons Previously Entitled to Parental Rights Not to Be Disclosed; Disclosure of Identifying and Nonidentifying Information; Certificate for State Registra... - (a) The order of adoption shall be recorded in a...
§48-22-703. Effect of Order as to Relations of Parents and Child and as to Rights of Inheritance; Intestacy of Adopted Child - (a) Upon the entry of such order of adoption, any...
§48-22-704. Finality of Order; Challenges to Order of Adoption - (a) An order or decree of adoption is a final...
§48-22-801. Adoption of Adults - §48-22-801. Adoption of adults. Any adult person who is a...
§48-22-802. Contracts Limiting or Restraining Adoptions - Any contract, agreement or stipulation which endeavors to deny to...
§48-22-901. Recognition of Foreign Adoption Decree - §48-22-901. Recognition of foreign adoption decree. When an adoption occurs...
§48-22-902. Filing of Petition for Recognition of Foreign Adoption Decree - (a) At any time after the child has immigrated to...
§48-22-903. Proceedings for Recognition of Foreign Adoption Decree - The court shall review the petition and accompanying documentation and,...