Adoption of Children and Change of Names

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Section
1

Nature of Adoption; District or Juvenile Court

Section
2

Written Consent of Certain Persons; Form of Consent; Identification of Father

Section
2a

Decree of Adoption; Entry; Conditions Precedent

Section
2b

Adoption Decrees; Mandatory Language

Section
3

Dispensing With Required Consent in Certain Cases

Section
3a

Repealed, 1972, 800, Sec. 3

Section
3b

Registration of Interest for Pre-Adoptive or Adoptive Placement; Criminal Record Review

Section
4

Notice

Section
4a

Fathers of Children Born Out of Wedlock; Adoption Rights

Section
5

Failure to Object After Notice; Proceedings

Section
5a

Children Under Fourteen; Adoption; Regulations; Removals

Section
5b

Adoptive Custody; Factors Considered; Request for Religious Designation

Section
5c

Inspection of Pleadings, Reports, etc.; Docket Book

Section
5d

Release of Information Concerning Adoption

Section
5e

Department of Children and Families Adoption Report

Section
6

Decree of Court; Force and Effect; Private Hearings

Section
6a

Certificates of Adoption

Section
6b

Adoption Nunc Pro Tunc

Section
6c

Agreement for Post-Adoption Contact or Communication

Section
6d

Enforcement of Agreement

Section
6e

Decisions of Adoptive Parent on Behalf of Child

Section
7

Repealed, 2012, 140, Sec. 57

Section
8

Repealed, 2012, 140, Sec. 58

Section
9

Succession to Property; Right of Child Adopted in Foreign State

Section
10

Second Adoption; Effect

Section
11

Appeals

Section
11a

Adoption Services Offered by Certain Persons or Agencies; Penalty

Section
12

Petitions for Change of Name

Section
13

Notice and Certificate; Decree; Entry; Conditions Precedent

Section
14

Annual Return of Changes of Name