Document ID: General_Provisions_Article_3._§_48-3-501._ Petitioner_entitled_to_custody_in_direct_placement_adoptions.

Section Title: {"article_title": "Article 3.", "section_title": "§ 48-3-501.  Petitioner entitled to custody in direct placement adoptions.", "subchapter_title": "General Provisions", "type": "section"}

Content:
§ 48-3-501.  Petitioner entitled to custody in direct placement adoptions. Unless the court orders otherwise, when a parent or guardian places the adoptee directly with the petitioner, the petitioner acquires that parent's or guardian's right to legal and continuing physical custody of the adoptee and becomes a person responsible for the care and support of the adoptee, after the earliest of: (1)	The execution of consent by the parent or guardian who placed the adoptee; (2)	The filing of a petition for adoption by the petitioner; or (3)	The execution of a document by a parent or guardian having legal and physical custody of a minor temporarily transferring custody to the petitioner, pending the execution of a consent. (1949, c. 300; 1995, c. 457, s. 2.)