CHAPTER 170-B — ADOPTION
- Section 170-B:1 Purpose.
- Section 170-B:2 Definitions.
- Section 170-B:3 Who May be Adopted; Requirements.
- Section 170-B:4 Who May Adopt.
- Section 170-B:5 Persons Required to Execute a Surrender of Parental Rights.
- Section 170-B:6 Notice to Person Claiming Paternity and Hearing to Determine Right to Surrender.
- Section 170-B:7 Persons Not Required to Surrender.
- Section 170-B:8 Immediate Surrender Prohibited; Availability of Counseling.
- Section 170-B:9 Procedure for Execution of Surrender.
- Section 170-B:10 Content of Surrender.
- Section 170-B:11 Consequences of Surrender.
- Section 170-B:12 Withdrawal of Surrender.
- Section 170-B:13 Payment of Birth Parent Expenses; Penalty.
- Section 170-B:14 Arrangements Between Adoptive and Birth Parents.
- Section 170-B:15 Jurisdiction, Venue, and Inconvenient Forum.
- Section 170-B:16 Petition for Adoption.
- Section 170-B:17 Notice of Petition.
- Section 170-B:18 Assessment.
- Section 170-B:19 Hearing.
- Section 170-B:20 Dismissal of Adoption Proceedings.
- Section 170-B:21 Appeals and Validation of Adoption Decrees.
- Section 170-B:22 Report of Adoption.
- Section 170-B:23 Confidentiality of Records.
- Section 170-B:24 Requests for Identifying and Non-Identifying Information.
- Section 170-B:25 Effect of Petition and Decree of Adoption; Inheritance.
- Section 170-B:26 Change of Name.
- Section 170-B:27 Readoption.
- Section 170-B:28 Placement of a Child From Another State or Country.
- Section 170-B:29 Recognition of Foreign Decree Affecting Adoption.
- Section 170-B:30 Fees and Court Costs.
- Section 170-B:31 Amended Birth Certificate.