Adoption proceedings benchbook
By: by Jennifer D. Warner ; under the direction of the Adoption Benchbook Advisory Committee.
Contributors: Michigan Judicial Institute.; Michigan Judicial Institute. Adoption Benchbook Advisory Committee.
Publisher: Michigan Judicial Institute
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lansing, MI (PO Box 30205, Lansing 48909)
Language: eng
Subjects: Adoption -- Law and legislation -- Michigan.; Adoption -- Law and legislation -- Michigan -- Forms.; Paternity -- Michigan.
Genres: Forms.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. Introduction; title: ch. 2. Freeing a child for adoption; title: ch. 3. Identifying the father; title: ch. 4. Jurisdiction, venue, and petition requirements; title: ch. 5. Temporary placements, investigation reports, and the safe delivery of newborns; title: ch. 6. Formal placement and action on the adoption petition; title: ch. 7. Rehearings, appeals, rescissions, and dissolutions; title: ch. 8. Direct placement adoption, step-parent adoption, relative adoption, and "legal risk" placement; title: ch. 9. Record keeping requirements and release of information; title: ch. 10. Paying the costs of foster care and adoption; title: ch. 11 Adoption proceedings involving an Indian child; title: [Appendices]; title: [Indexes].