Rule 38 - Judgment or Decree of Adoption(a) Judgment or Decree. If, after a Home Study and report, if applicable, and upon a hearing, the court is satisfied as to the identity and relations of the petitioner, that the petitioner is of sufficient ability to bring up the child and furnish suitable nurture and education, having reference to the degree and condition of the petitioner, and that the proposed adoption is fit and proper and that the adoption should take effect, the court shall enter a judgment or decree setting forth the facts and ordering that from the date of judgment the child shall, to all legal intents and purposes, be the child of the petitioner. Copies of the adoption or decree judgment shall be given to the parent at the conclusion of the hearing. (b) Name Change. If a request for a change of the child's name is granted, the court shall order the name change and authorize the Department of Health, Office of Vital Records to prepare a new birth certificate for the child.(c) Report of Adoption. The clerk's office shall report all adoption information to the Department of Health, Office of Vital Records.Adopted March 1, 2019, effective 7/1/2019; amended April 30, 2019, effective 11/4/2019; amended November 5, 2019, effective 1/6/2020.