Article 5 - ADOPTIONS

Section 32A-5-1 - Short title
Section 32A-5-2 - Purpose
Section 32A-5-3 - Definitions
Section 32A-5-4 - Application of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
Section 32A-5-5 - Indian child placement preferences
Section 32A-5-6 - Authority of the department
Section 32A-5-7 - Clerk of the court; duties
Section 32A-5-8 - Confidentiality of records
Section 32A-5-9 - Caption
Section 32A-5-10 - Venue
Section 32A-5-11 - Who may be adopted; who may adopt
Section 32A-5-12 - Placement for adoption; restrictions; full disclosure
Section 32A-5-13 - Independent adoptions; request for placement; placement order; certification
Section 32A-5-14 - Pre-placement study
Section 32A-5-14.1 - Criminal history records check; background checks
Section 32A-5-15 - Termination of parental rights
Section 32A-5-16 - Termination procedures
Section 32A-5-17 - Persons whose consents or relinquishments are required
Section 32A-5-18 - Implied consent or relinquishment
Section 32A-5-19 - Persons whose consents or relinquishments are not required
Section 32A-5-20 - Putative father registry; notice; penalty
Section 32A-5-21 - Form of consent or relinquishment
Section 32A-5-22 - Persons required to receive counseling; content and form of counseling
Section 32A-5-23 - Persons who may take consents or relinquishments; accounting of disbursements
Section 32A-5-24 - Relinquishments to the department
Section 32A-5-25 - Petition; time of filing
Section 32A-5-26 - Petition; content
Section 32A-5-27 - Notice of petition; form of service; waiver
Section 32A-5-28 - Response to petition
Section 32A-5-29 - Custody pending decree
Section 32A-5-30 - Removal of adoptee from the county
Section 32A-5-31 - Post-placement report
Section 32A-5-32 - Stepparent adoptions
Section 32A-5-33 - Appointment of guardian ad litem or attorney for the adoptee or other party
Section 32A-5-34 - Fees and charges; damages
Section 32A-5-35 - Open adoptions
Section 32A-5-36 - Adjudication; disposition; decree of adoption
Section 32A-5-37 - Status of adoptee and petitioner upon entry of decree of adoption
Section 32A-5-38 - Birth certificates
Section 32A-5-39 - Recognition of foreign decrees
Section 32A-5-39.1 - Application of the federal Intercountry Adoption Act
Section 32A-5-40 - Post-decree of adoption access to records
Section 32A-5-41 - Appointment of confidential intermediary
Section 32A-5-42 - Penalties
Section 32A-5-42.1 - Unauthorized adoption facilitation; penalties
Section 32A-5-42.2 - Advertising adoption services; requirements; penalties
Section 32A-5-43 - Purpose of subsidized adoptions
Section 32A-5-44 - Eligibility for subsidized adoptions
Section 32A-5-45 - Administration of subsidized adoptions