Adoptions

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Section
32A-5-1

Short title.

Section
32A-5-2

Purpose.

Section
32A-5-3

Definitions.

Section
32A-5-4

Application of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.

Section
32A-5-5

Indian child placement preferences.

Section
32A-5-6

Authority of the department.

Section
32A-5-7

Clerk of the court; duties.

Section
32A-5-8

Confidentiality of records.

Section
32A-5-9

Caption.

Section
32A-5-10

Venue.

Section
32A-5-11

Who may be adopted; who may adopt.

Section
32A-5-12

Placement for adoption; restrictions; full disclosure.

Section
32A-5-13

Independent adoptions; request for placement; placement order; certification.

Section
32A-5-14

Pre-placement study.

Section
32A-5-14.1

Criminal history records check; background checks.

Section
32A-5-15

Termination of parental rights.

Section
32A-5-16

Termination procedures.

Section
32A-5-17

Persons whose consents or relinquishments are required.

Section
32A-5-18

Implied consent or relinquishment.

Section
32A-5-19

Persons whose consents or relinquishments are not required.

Section
32A-5-20

Putative father registry; notice; penalty.

Section
32A-5-21

Form of consent or relinquishment.

Section
32A-5-22

Persons required to receive counseling; content and form of counseling.

Section
32A-5-23

Persons who may take consents or relinquishments; accounting of disbursements.

Section
32A-5-24

Relinquishments to the department.

Section
32A-5-25

Petition; time of filing.

Section
32A-5-26

Petition; content.

Section
32A-5-27

Notice of petition; form of service; waiver.

Section
32A-5-28

Response to petition.

Section
32A-5-29

Custody pending decree.

Section
32A-5-30

Removal of adoptee from the county.

Section
32A-5-31

Post-placement report.

Section
32A-5-32

Stepparent adoptions.

Section
32A-5-33

Appointment of guardian ad litem or attorney for the adoptee or other party.

Section
32A-5-34

Fees and charges; damages.

Section
32A-5-35

Open adoptions.

Section
32A-5-36

Adjudication; disposition; decree of adoption.

Section
32A-5-37

Status of adoptee and petitioner upon entry of decree of adoption.

Section
32A-5-38

Birth certificates.

Section
32A-5-39

Recognition of foreign decrees.

Section
32A-5-39.1

Application of the federal Intercountry Adoption Act.

Section
32A-5-40

Post-decree of adoption access to records.

Section
32A-5-41

Appointment of confidential intermediary.

Section
32A-5-42

Penalties.

Section
32A-5-42.1

Unauthorized adoption facilitation; penalties.

Section
32A-5-42.2

Advertising adoption services; requirements; penalties.

Section
32A-5-43

Purpose of subsidized adoptions.

Section
32A-5-44

Eligibility for subsidized adoptions.

Section
32A-5-45

Administration of subsidized adoptions.