New York Domestic Relations Law Title 3 - PRIVATE-PLACEMENT ADOPTION

• 115 - General Provisions Relating to Private-Placement Adoptions.
  1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, private-placement adoptions shall be effected in the same manner as provided in sections one hundred twelve...
• 115-a - Special Provisions Relating to Children to Be Brought Into the State for Private-Placement Adoption.
  1. In the case of a child whose admission to the United States as an eligible orphan with non-quota immigrant status pursuant to the federal...
• 115-b - Special Provisions Relating to Consents in Private-Placement Adoptions.
  1. A duly executed and acknowledged consent to a private-placement adoption shall state that no action or proceeding may be maintained by the consenting parent...
• 115-c - Temporary Guardianship by Adoptive Parent.
  In any case where physical custody of a child is transferred from the child's parent or guardian to another person or persons for the purposes...
• 115-d - Petition for Certification.
  1. Except as provided for in subdivision eight of this section, a person or persons petitioning for certification as a qualified adoptive parent or parents...
• 115-e - Effect of Death of Potential Adoptive Parent.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when a petition for adoption by two persons has been duly filed, and one of the...
• 116 - Orders of Investigation and Order of Adoption.
  1. When the adoptive child is less than eighteen years of age, no order of adoption shall be made until three months after the court...

Last modified: February 3, 2019