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Citation: Ann. Stat. § 32A-5-14
The preplacement study shall be performed as prescribed by Children, Youth and Families Department regulation.
Citation: Ann. Stat. §§ 32A-5-3; 32A-5-14
The preplacement study shall include at a minimum the following:
A report of a medical examination performed on the adopted person within 1 year prior to the proposed adoptive placement
Full disclosure to the petitioner
Full disclosure means mandatory and continuous disclosure by the investigator, agency, department, or petitioner throughout the adoption proceeding and after finalization of the adoption of all known, nonidentifying information regarding the adopted person, including:
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 32A-5-3
The preplacement study shall include a written evaluation of the adopted person’s birth family.
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 32A-5-12
In all adoptions, prior to any placement being made, the person making the placement shall provide full disclosure.
Unless directed by the court, a preplacement study is not required in cases in which the child is being adopted by a stepparent, a relative, or a person named in the child’s deceased parent’s will pursuant to § 32A-5-12.
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 45-2-114
A parent is barred from inheriting from or through a child of the parent if:
The parent’s parental rights were terminated and the parent-child relationship was not judicially re-established.
The child died before reaching age 18, and there is clear and convincing evidence that immediately before the child’s death the parental rights of the parent could have been terminated on the basis of nonsupport, abandonment, abuse, neglect, or other actions or inactions of the parent toward the child.
For the purpose of intestate succession from or through the deceased child, a parent who is barred from inheriting under this section is treated as if the parent predeceased the child.
Citation: Ann. Stat. §§ 32A-5-37; 45-2-114
The adopted person and adopting parent(s) shall have all rights and be subject to all of the duties of the parent-child relationship upon adoption, including the right of inheritance from and through each other. For purposes of intestate succession, an adopted individual is the child of his or her adopting parent(s).
Citation: Ann. Stat. §§ 45-2-302; 45-2-705
If a testator fails to provide in his or her will for child who was adopted after the execution of the will, the omitted after-adopted child receives a share in the estate as follows:
If the testator had one or more children living when he or she executed the will, and the will gave property or an interest in property to one or more of the then-living children, an omitted after-adopted child is entitled to share in the testator’s estate as follows:
The omitted after-adopted child is entitled to receive the share of the estate, as limited above, that the child would have received had the testator included all omitted after-born and after-adopted children with the children to whom bequests were made under the will and had given an equal share of the estate to each child.
If it appears from the will that the omission was intentional.
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 32A-5-39
Every decree or order of adoption entered by a court or other entity in another country acting pursuant to that country’s law or pursuant to any convention, treaty, or intercountry adoption that the United States has ratified shall be recognized in this State, so that the rights and obligations of the parties as to matters within the jurisdiction of this State shall be determined as though the decree or order of adoption were issued by the courts of this State.A convention adoption in a foreign country that is certified by the U.S. Secretary of State shall be recognized as a final adoption in this State.
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 32A-5-26(O) & (P)
A petition for adoption shall be filed and verified by petitioner alleging all items in § 32A-5-26(A)-(N). However, if the adoptee is foreign-born, copies of the child’s passport and U.S. visa, along with all documents demonstrating that the adoptee is legally free for adoption, including a certificate from the U.S. Secretary of State that certifies whether the adoption is a convention adoption, must accompany the petition. A petition alleging a convention adoption shall also allege that:
The country in which the child has been residing is a party to the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption.
The agency or person who is providing the adoption service has been approved as an accrediting entity.
The certificate issued by the U.S. Secretary of State that certifies the adoption as a convention adoption has been filed with the court.
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 32A-5-38 Within 30 days after an adoption decree becomes final, the petitioner shall prepare an application for a birth certificate in the new name of the adoptee, showing the petitioner as the adoptee’s parent, and shall submit the application to the clerk of the court and the State Registrar of Vital Statistics.In the case of the adoption of a person born outside the United States, if requested by the petitioner, the court shall make findings, based on evidence from the petitioner and other reliable State or Federal sources, on the date and place of birth of the adopted child. These findings shall be certified by the court and included with the application for a birth certificate.
The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall prepare a birth record in the new name of the adopted child in accordance with the vital statistics laws but subject to the requirements of the Adoption Act as to the confidentiality of adoption records.