New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle A - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter II - UNIFORM RULES FOR THE NEW YORK STATE TRIAL COURTS › Part 207 - Uniform Rules For The Surrogate's Court › Section 207.55 - Papers required in an adoption proceeding

Current through Register Vol.
				  46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All papers submitted in an adoption
				  proceeding shall comply with section
				  207.4 of this Part.
(b) In addition to those papers
				  required by the Domestic Relations Law, the following papers, unless otherwise
				  dispensed with by the court, shall be submitted and filed prior to the
				  placement of any adoption proceeding on the calendar:
(1) a certified copy of the birth
				  certificate of the adoptive child;
(2) an affidavit or affidavits by an
				  attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York, or, in the discretion
				  of the court, by a person other than an attorney who is known to the court,
				  identifying each of the parties;
(3) a certified marriage certificate,
				  where the adoptive parents are husband and wife or where an individual adoptive
				  parent is the spouse of the natural parent;
(4) a certified copy of a decree or
				  judgment, where an adoptive parent's marriage has been terminated by decree or
				  judgment;
(5) a
				  certified death certificate, where an adoptive or natural parent's marriage has
				  been terminated by death or where it is alleged that consent or notice is not
				  required because of death;
(6) a proposed order of
				  adoption;
(7) a copy
				  of the attorney's affidavit of financial disclosure filed with the Office of
				  Court Administration pursuant to section
				  603.23,
				  691.23, 806.14 or
				  1022.33 of this Title; and either
				  an attorney's affirmation that the affidavit has been personally delivered or
				  mailed in accordance with such rules or the dated receipt from the Office of
				  Court Administration; and
(8) an affidavit of financial disclosure
				  from the adoptive parent or parents, and from any person whose consent to the
				  adoption is required by law, setting forth the following information:
(i) name, address and telephone
				  number of the affiant;
(ii) status of the affiant in the
				  proceeding and relationship, if any, to the adoptive child;
(iii) docket number of adoption
				  proceeding;
(iv) the
				  date and terms of every agreement, written or otherwise between the affiant and
				  any attorney pertaining to any fees, compensation or other remuneration paid or
				  to be paid by or on behalf of the adoptive parents or the natural parents,
				  directly or indirectly, including but not limited to retainer fees on account
				  of or incidental to the placement or adoption of the child or assistance in
				  arrangements for such placement or adoption;
(v) the date and amount of any fees,
				  compensation or other remuneration paid, and the total amount of fees,
				  compensation or other remuneration to be paid to such attorney by the affiant,
				  directly or indirectly, on account of or incidental to the placement or
				  adoption of the child or assistance in arrangements for such placement or
				  adoption;
(vi) the
				  name and address of any other person, agency, association, corporation,
				  institution, society or organization who received or will receive any fees,
				  compensation or other remuneration from the affiant, directly or indirectly, on
				  account of or incidental to the birth or care of the adoptive child, the
				  pregnancy or care of the adoptive child's mother or the placement or adoption
				  of the child and on account of or incidental to assistance in arrangements for
				  such placement or proposed adoption, the amount of each such fee, compensation
				  or other remuneration; and the reason for or services rendered if any, in
				  connection with each such fee, compensation or other remuneration;
(vii) the name and address of
				  any person, agency, association, corporation, society or organization who has
				  or will pay the affiant any fee, compensation or other remuneration, directly
				  or indirectly, on account of or incidental to the birth or care of the adoptive
				  child, the pregnancy or care of the adoptive child's mother, or the placement
				  or adoption of the child and on account of or incidental to assistance in
				  arrangements for such placement or adoption; the amount of each such fee,
				  compensation or other remuneration; and the reason for or services rendered, if
				  any, in connection with each such fee, compensation or other remuneration;
				  and
(9) in
				  the case of an adoption from an authorized agency in accordance with title 2 of
				  article 7 of the Domestic Relations Law, a copy of the criminal history summary
				  report made by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services to the
				  authorized agency pursuant to section
				  378-a of
				  the Social Services Law regarding the criminal record or records of the
				  prospective adoptive parent or parents and any adult over the age of 18
				  currently residing in the home.