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

Appeals given preference, 48.915

Birth certificates, 69.15 (2)

Definitions, 48.40

Foreign adoption orders, 48.97

Inheritance, rights, 48.92 (3), 851.50, 854.20, 854.21

Interstate adoption assistance agreements, 48.9985

Records, 48.425 (1) (am), 48.432, 48.433, 48.434, 48.78, 48.93

State adoption information exchange and adoption center, 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
Generally, 48.81 to 48.975

Adopted person may be adopted, 48.96

Adoptive relatives, inheritance rights, 48.92 (3)

Advertising regarding adoption, regulated, 48.825

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:

Foreign children, services to adoptive parents, 48.839 (5)

Placement of children, 48.61, 48.833

Coercion, 48.837 (6)

County social services departments:

Finding adoptive parents, 48.57 (1) (f)

Placement of children, 48.833

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

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), 851.50, 854.20, 854.21

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

Legislative purpose of children's code, 48.01 (1)

Medical assistance for children adopted through subsidized programs, 48.9985, 49.46 (1) (d) 3.

Name may be changed, 48.91 (3)

Nonmarital child, recommendation of health and family services dept., 48.89

Order of adoption, 48.91 (3)

Order of adoption of other jurisdictions, 48.97

Paternal interest registry, 48.025, 48.91 (2)

Payments to birth parent by adoptive parents, 48.913

Petition, denial or withdrawal, 48.95

Placement by child welfare agency, 48.48, 48.57 (1) (e), (hm), 48.61, 48.833

Adoption assistance eligibility, 48.975

Adoption petition, 48.90

Adoptive home, licensing and placement, 48.62, 48.63, 48.64