DC Superior Court Rules of Adoption, Introductory Note to 2018 Adoption Rules
The Superior Court Rules Governing Adoption Proceedings have been completely reorganized and renumbered to simplify them and to eliminate unnecessary placeholders that were designed to align the numbering of the adoption rules with that of the civil rules. While the renumbered rules retain many of the same concepts and provisions, they are now organized in a manner that generally reflects the progression of an adoption case. The adoption rules also incorporate the stylistic changes to the civil rules.
With recent amendments to other Superior Court rules, the court has retained the older comments for historical purposes. However, because many provisions and rules have moved in the adoption rules, the court has not retained the original comments.
DC Superior Court Rules of Adoption, Introductory Note to 2018 Adoption Rules