600.15 - FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS.
600.15 FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS. A decree establishing a parent-child relationship by adoption which is issued pursuant to due process of law by a juvenile court or court of any other jurisdiction within or outside the United States shall be recognized in this state.
Section History: Early Form [C77, 79, 81, § 600.15]
Section History: Recent Form 87 Acts, ch 140, §1--3; 98 Acts, ch 1064, §2; 99 Acts, ch 138, §4; 2000 Acts, ch 1145, §18; 2001 Acts, ch 24, §67, 74; 2002 Acts, ch 1040, §4, 5 Referred to in § 144.25A