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Section
36-1-101

Purpose of Part — Construction

Section
36-1-102

Part Definitions

Section
36-1-103

Prior Adoptions and Terminations of Parental Rights Involving Minors and Prior Adoptions of Adults Ratified

Section
36-1-104

Withholding of Material Information Concerning the Status of the Parents or Guardian of a Child Subject to Surrender, Termination of Parental Rights or Adoption — Misdemeanor

Section
36-1-105

Violation of Criminal Provisions of Part by State Employee — Dismissal

Section
36-1-106

Readoption

Section
36-1-107

Persons to Whom This Part Is Applicable

Section
36-1-108

Entities Authorized to Place Children for Adoption — Advisory and Agency Capacity Authorized — Injunction to Stop Illegal Payments

Section
36-1-109

Illegal Payments in Connection With Placement of Child — Penalty

Section
36-1-110

Parent Under Eighteen Years of Age — Surrender

Section
36-1-111

Presurrender Request for Home Study or Preliminary Home Study — Surrender of Child — Consent for Adoption by Parent — Effect of Surrender — Form of Surrender — Waiver of Interest — Interpreter for Non-English Speaking Parents

Section
36-1-112

Revocation of Surrender or Parental Consent — Form

Section
36-1-113

Termination of Parental or Guardianship Rights

Section
36-1-114

Venue

Section
36-1-115

Persons Eligible to File Adoption Petition — Residence Requirements — Preference for Foster Parents

Section
36-1-116

Home Study — Adoption Petition — Order of Reference

Section
36-1-117

Parties to Proceedings — Termination of Rights of Putative Father — Consent of Parent or Guardian — Service of Process

Section
36-1-118

Dismissal of Adoption Proceedings and Guardianship Orders — Revocation of Surrender by Court — Notice — Disposition of Child

Section
36-1-119

Final Order of Adoption — When Entered

Section
36-1-120

Final Order of Adoption — Contents — Report of Foreign Birth

Section
36-1-121

Effect of Adoption on Relationship

Section
36-1-122

Binding Effect of Adoption

Section
36-1-123

Biological Parents Illegally Obtaining Custody of a Child — Custodial Interference — Survival of Existing Restraining Order

Section
36-1-124

Contested Terminations of Parental Rights and Adoptions — Appeals — Expedited Schedule

Section
36-1-125

Confidentiality of Records — Penalties for Unauthorized Disclosure — Protected Orders

Section
36-1-126

Record Kept Under Seal — Confidential Records — Access to Certain Records — Preservation of Records

Section
36-1-127

Availability of Records to Adopted Persons and Certain Other Persons for Adoptions Finalized or Attempted Prior to Certain Dates

Section
36-1-128

Contact Veto Registry — Persons Eligible to Have Names Entered

Section
36-1-129

Procedures for Filing Contact Veto or Giving Consent

Section
36-1-130

Access to Records — Search of Registry — Restrictions on Contact

Section
36-1-131

Search of Sealed Adoption Record, Sealed Record or Post-Adoption Records — Opportunity to Veto Contact

Section
36-1-132

Violation of Contact Veto a Misdemeanor — Injunction and Damages — Attorney's Fees — Using Information to Injure Persons Whose Names Were Obtained

Section
36-1-133

Release of Nonidentifying Information Concerning Biological or Legal Family

Section
36-1-134

Transmission of Information Between Affected Parties — Access to Records of Deceased or Disabled Persons — Updating of Information to Allow Contact

Section
36-1-135

Updated Medical Information in Records — Searches for Persons Affected

Section
36-1-136

Notification Made as Part of Search, Contact or Identifying Requests

Section
36-1-137

Inability of Department to Verify Adoptive Status of Relationships — Waiting Period to Request Further Searches — Limitations on Searches

Section
36-1-138

Court Orders for the Release of Information From Adoption and Sealed Records

Section
36-1-139

Penalty for Providing False Information Related to Information Requests

Section
36-1-140

Immunity for Actions in Good Faith by Department Personnel and Immunity of Certain Other Persons

Section
36-1-141

Fees for Searches, Registration of Contact Vetoes, and Copies — Promulgation of Rules — Forms

Section
36-1-142

Voluntary Delivery of Infant to Facility, Revocation of Voluntary Delivery, and Termination of Parental Rights

Section
36-1-143

Post-Adoption Services to Support Permanency in Adoption

Section
36-1-144

Categories of Information to Be Provided to Adoptive Family

Section
36-1-145

Written Contract for Post-Adoption Contact Between Certain Parties — Requirements — Enforcement — Modification — Termination

Section
36-1-146

Rebuttable Presumption That Guardian Ad Litem's Fees Divided Equally Between Parties

Section
36-1-147

Private Licensed Child-Placing Agencies