ADOPTION

adoption ADOPTION
1. General Provisions
2. Of Adults
3. Of Minors

adoption - 1. general provisions 1. General Provisions

Adopted person, may be adopted, 48.96

Adoption services program for children with special needs, 48.545

Appeals given preference, 48.465

Birth certificates, 69.15 (2)

Definitions, 48.40

Foreign adoption orders, 48.97

Inheritance, rights, 48.92 (3), 851.51

Interstate adoption assistance agreements, 48.9985

Records, 48.425 (1) (am), 48.432, 48.433, 48.78, 48.93

State adoption center, 48.551

State adoption information exchange, 48.55

Tribal court jurisdiction, 69.035

adoption - 2. of adults 2. Of Adults

Consent, 882.02

Effect of adoption, 882.04

Hearing, attendance, investigation, 882.04

Jurisdiction of circuit court, 882.03

Order of adoption, 882.04

Residence, 882.01

Venue, 882.03

Who may adopt, 882.01

adoption - 3. of minors 3. Of Minors

Adopted person may be adopted, 48.96

Adoption services program for children with special needs, 48.545

Adoptive relatives, inheritance rights, 48.92 (3)

Appeal:

  From court, 879.27 (4)

  No bond required, 879.27 (5)

Assistance, 48.975

Attorney representation, 48.837 (8)

Birth certificates, 48.94, 69.15 (2)

Child 14 or over, attendance at hearing, 48.91 (1)

Child welfare agency may place child, 48.61, 48.833

Coercion, 48.837 (6)

Discrimination prohibited, 48.82 (6)

Effect of adoption, 48.92

Foreign adoption orders, 48.97

Foreign children:

  Agency to conduct study, 48.88 (2) (a)

  Bond required, petition for termination of parental rights required, 48.839

  Fees, 48.838

  Maintenance, 46.10 (2)

Foster home and group home licensing and placement, 48.62, 48.63, 48.64

Generally, 48.81 to 48.975

Guardian, recommendation of, 48.871

Guardians for children without living parents, 48.831, 48.832

Handicapped persons may adopt, 48.82 (5)

Health care plans, mandatory coverage, 609.75, 632.896

Hearing:

  Conducted by juvenile court commissioner, 48.065 (3) (d)

  Notice, investigation, report, 48.88

  Place, attendance, order, 48.91

Illegitimate child, see Nonmarital child, under this subhead

Inheritance, rights, 48.92 (3), 851.51

Interstate adoption assistance agreements, 48.9985

Interstate placements regulated, 48.82, 48.98, 48.988

Investigation, report, 48.88

Jurisdiction of court, 48.14, 48.83