Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3107 - Adoption

• Section 3107.01 - Adoption Definitions.
  As used in sections 3107.01 to 3107.19 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agency" means any public or private organization certified, licensed, or otherwise specially...
• Section 3107.011 - Arranging Adoptions.
  (A) A person seeking to adopt a minor shall utilize an agency or attorney to arrange the adoption. Only an agency or attorney may...
• Section 3107.012 - Applying For Adoption By Foster Caregiver.
  (A) A foster caregiver may use the application prescribed under division (B) of this section to obtain the services of an agency to arrange...
• Section 3107.013 - Furnishing Information To Foster Caregiver Seeking To Adopt Child.
  An agency arranging an adoption pursuant to an application submitted to the agency under section 3107.012 of the Revised Code for a foster caregiver...
• Section 3107.014 - Qualifications Of Assessors.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, only an individual who meets all of the following requirements may perform the duties...
• Section 3107.015 - Education Programs For Assessors.
  The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the training an individual...
• Section 3107.016 - Schedule Of Education Programs.
  The department of job and family services shall develop a schedule of training that meets the requirements established in rules adopted pursuant to section...
• Section 3107.017 - Standardized Form For Disclosure Of Information.
  The department of job and family services shall develop a standardized form for the disclosure of information about a prospective adoptive child to prospective...
• Section 3107.018 - Application To State Adoption Assistance Loan Fund.
  (A) A prospective adoptive parent may apply to the department of job and family services for a loan from the state adoption assistance loan...
• Section 3107.02 - Who May Be Adopted - Physical Examination.
  (A) Any minor may be adopted. (B) An adult may be adopted under any of the following conditions: (1) If the adult is totally...
• Section 3107.03 - Who May Adopt.
  The following persons may adopt: (A) A husband and wife together, at least one of whom is an adult; (B) An unmarried adult; (C)...
• Section 3107.031 - Assessor To Conduct Home Study - False Statements.
  Except as otherwise provided in this section, an assessor shall conduct a home study for the purpose of ascertaining whether a person seeking to...
• Section 3107.032 - Multiple Children Assessment - When Required.
  (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each time a person seeking to adopt a minor or foster child will have...
• Section 3107.033 - Home Study And Report Rules.
  Not later than June 1, 2009, the director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised...
• Section 3107.034 - Search Report To Include Abuse/neglect Information.
  (A) Whenever a prospective adoptive parent or a person eighteen years of age or older who resides with a prospective adoptive parent has resided...
• Section 3107.04 - Filing Petition - Caption.
  (A) A petition for adoption shall be filed in the court in the county in which the person to be adopted was born, or...
• Section 3107.05 - Contents Of Petition.
  (A) A petition for adoption shall be prepared and filed according to the procedure for commencing an action under the Rules of Civil Procedure....
• Section 3107.051 - Time For Filing.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a person seeking to adopt a minor, or the agency or attorney arranging the...
• Section 3107.055 - Preliminary Estimate And Final Accounting - Summary Of Proceedings.
  (A) (1) Notwithstanding section 3107.01 of the Revised Code, as used in this section, "agency" does not include a public children services agency. (2)...
• Section 3107.06 - Consent To Adoption.
  Unless consent is not required under section 3107.07 of the Revised Code, a petition to adopt a minor may be granted only if written...
• Section 3107.061 - Putative Father On Notice That Consent Unnecessary.
  A man who has sexual intercourse with a woman is on notice that if a child is born as a result and the man...
• Section 3107.0611 - Notice To Putative Father.
  Notice served under section 3107.067 of the Revised Code shall be provided to the putative father of the child in substantially the following form:...
• Section 3107.0612 - Paternity Action By Putative Father.
  A putative father who receives a notice as provided in section 3107.067 of the Revised Code may file an action under section 3111.04 of...
• Section 3107.0613 - Notice Of Filing Of Paternity Action.
  A putative father who has filed an action under section 3111.04 of the Revised Code shall notify the agency or attorney who served or...
• Section 3107.0614 - Validity Of Notice.
  (A) A notice served in accordance with section 3107.067 of the Revised Code on a putative father who is a resident of Ohio is...
• Section 3107.062 - Putative Father Registry.
  The department of job and family services shall establish a putative father registry. To register, a putative father must complete a registration form prescribed...
• Section 3107.063 - Searching Putative Father Registry.
  (A) An attorney arranging a minor's adoption, a mother, a public children services agency, a private noncustodial agency, or a private child placing agency...
• Section 3107.064 - Filing Certified Results Of Search.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a court shall not issue a final decree of adoption or finalize an interlocutory...
• Section 3107.065 - Rules Governing Registry - Promoting Awareness.
  Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the director of job and family services shall do both of the...
• Section 3107.066 - References To Department Of Human Services Replaced.
  (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of the versions of former sections 3107.06 and 3107.07 of the Revised Code that, pursuant to Section 5 of Am....
• Section 3107.067 - Notice To Putative Father Of Intent To Put Child Up For Adoption.
  (A) Before the birth of a child and with the written consent of the mother of the child, any of the following may serve...
• Section 3107.068 - Obligation Of Mother.
  The mother of a child is not obligated to place the child for adoption even if notice is served to a putative father of...
• Section 3107.069 - Proof Of Notice.
  (A) If notice to a putative father is served by a party listed in division (A)(1) or (2) of section 3107.067 of the Revised...
• Section 3107.07 - Consent Unnecessary.
  Consent to adoption is not required of any of the following: (A) A parent of a minor, when it is alleged in the adoption...
• Section 3107.071 - Effect Of Voluntary Permanent Custody Surrender Agreement.
  If a parent enters into a voluntary permanent custody surrender agreement under division (B)(2) of section 5103.15 of the Revised Code on or after...
• Section 3107.08 - Executing Consent.
  (A) The required consent to adoption may be executed at any time after seventy-two hours after the birth of a minor, and shall be...
• Section 3107.081 - Conditions For Accepting Parent's Consent.
  (A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (E), and (F) of this section, a parent of a minor, who will be, if adopted, an...
• Section 3107.082 - Duties Of Assessor Prior To Execution Of Consent.
  Not less than seventy-two hours prior to the date a parent executes consent to the adoption of the parent's child under section 3107.081 of...
• Section 3107.083 - Contents Of Form Signed By Parent.
  The director of job and family services shall do all of the following: (A) (1) For a parent of a child who, if adopted,...
• Section 3107.084 - Withdrawing Consent.
  (A) A consent to adoption is irrevocable and cannot be withdrawn after the entry of an interlocutory order or after the entry of a...
• Section 3107.085 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-08-1996
• Section 3107.09 - Taking Social And Medical Histories Of Biological Parents.
  (A) The department of job and family services shall prescribe and supply forms for the taking of social and medical histories of the biological...
• Section 3107.091 - Completing Social And Medical History Forms Subsequent To Adoption.
  (A) As used in this section, "biological parent" means a biological parent whose offspring, as a minor, was adopted and with respect to whom...
• Section 3107.10 - Out-of-county Adoption - Notice To Agency Where Parent Resides.
  (A) (1) A public children services agency arranging an adoption in a county other than the county where that public children services agency is...
• Section 3107.101 - Post-placement Prospective Adoptive Home Visit.
  (A) Not later than seven days after a minor to be adopted is placed in a prospective adoptive home pursuant to section 5103.16 of...
• Section 3107.11 - Hearing - Notice.
  (A) After the filing of a petition to adopt an adult or a minor, the court shall fix a time and place for hearing...
• Section 3107.12 - Prefinalization Assessment Of Minor And Petitioner.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an assessor shall conduct a prefinalization assessment of a minor and petitioner before a...
• Section 3107.121 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3107.091.
  Effective Date: 09-18-1996
• Section 3107.13 - Waiting Period Prior To Finality.
  (A) A final decree of adoption shall not be issued and an interlocutory order of adoption does not become final, until the person to...
• Section 3107.14 - Presence Of Petitioner And Adoptee At Hearing - Continuance - Final Decree Or Interlocutory Order.
  (A) The petitioner and the person sought to be adopted shall appear at the hearing on the petition, unless the presence of either is...
• Section 3107.141 - Redoing Or Supplementing Of Report Or History.
  After an assessor files a home study report under section 3107.031, a social and medical history under section 3107.09, or a prefinalization assessment report...
• Section 3107.15 - Effect Of Final Decree Or Interlocutory Order Of Adoption.
  (A) A final decree of adoption and an interlocutory order of adoption that has become final as issued by a court of this state,...
• Section 3107.16 - Appeals.
  (A) Appeals from the probate court are subject to the Rules of Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with those rules,...
• Section 3107.161 - Determining Best Interest Of Child In Contested Adoption - Burden Of Proof.
  (A) As used in this section, "the least detrimental available alternative" means the alternative that would have the least long-term negative impact on the...
• Section 3107.17 - Closed Hearing - Confidentiality - Records.
  (A) All hearings held under sections 3107.01 to 3107.19 of the Revised Code shall be held in closed court without the admittance of any...
• Section 3107.171 - Disclosure Of Court That Entered Order Or Decree.
  (A) As used in this section, "adoption file" means a file maintained by the department of health under sections 3107.12 to 3107.124 of the...
• Section 3107.18 - Foreign Decrees.
  (A) Except when giving effect to such a decree would violate the public policy of this state, a court decree terminating the relationship of...
• Section 3107.19 - Forwarding Records To Department Of Health And Birth State's Vital Statistics Office.
  If the adopted person was born in this state or outside the United States, the court shall forward all of the following to the...
• Section 3107.38 - Right Of Adopted Persons Or Lineal Descendants.
  (A) As used in sections 3107.38 to 3107.394 of the Revised Code: (1) "Adopted person" means a person who was adopted but is not...
• Section 3107.381 - Transfer Of Releases.
  If the file of releases contains one or more releases that pertain to an adopted person and the department of health has an adoption...
• Section 3107.39 - Access To Adoption Records Definitions.
  (A) The department of job and family services shall prescribe a contact preference form for biological parents. The form shall include all of the...
• Section 3107.391 - Biological Parent's Name Redaction Request Form.
  (A) The department of job and family services shall prescribe a biological parent's name redaction request form. The form shall include all of the...
• Section 3107.392 - Information On Web Site.
  The department of health shall include on its web site information about biological parent's name redaction request forms. All of the following information shall...
• Section 3107.393 - Attachment Of Social And Medical History Form To Other Forms.
  The department of health shall attach a social and medical history form prescribed under section 3107.09 of the Revised Code to each contact preference...
• Section 3107.394 - System For Contacting Biological Parents Regarding Medical History.
  (A) The department of health shall establish a system by which an adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person may request that...
• Section 3107.40 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 130th General Assembly File No. 56, SB 23, §2, eff. 3/20/2015. Effective Date: 09-18-1996
• Section 3107.41 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 130th General Assembly File No. 56, SB 23, §2, eff. 3/20/2015. Effective Date: 01-01-1990
• Section 3107.42 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 130th General Assembly File No. 56, SB 23, §2, eff. 3/20/2015. Effective Date: 03-19-1985
• Section 3107.43 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 130th General Assembly File No. 56, SB 23, §2, eff. 3/20/2015. Effective Date: 03-19-1985
• Section 3107.44 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 130th General Assembly File No. 56, SB 23, §2, eff. 3/20/2015. Effective Date: 03-19-1985
• Section 3107.45 - Access To Adoption Records Additional Definitions.
  As used in sections 3107.45 to 3107.53 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adopted person" means a person who, as a minor, was adopted and...
• Section 3107.46 - Birth Parent May File Denial Of Release.
  (A) A birth parent who did not check, pursuant to section 3107.071, 3107.081, or 5103.151 of the Revised Code, the "no" space provided on...
• Section 3107.47 - Adult Adoptee Or Adoptive Parent May Request Copy Of File.
  (A) An adopted person age twenty-one or older, or an adoptive parent of an adopted person at least age eighteen but under age twenty-one,...
• Section 3107.48 - Adoptee's Request For Assistance To Birth Parent Or Sibling In Finding Name By Adoption.
  (A) An adopted person age twenty-one or older may submit a request with the department of health for the department to assist the adopted...
• Section 3107.49 - Birth Parent Or Adult Sibling May Request Assistance.
  (A) A birth parent, or birth sibling age twenty-one or older, may submit a request to the department of health for assistance in finding...
• Section 3107.50 - Forms For Denial Or Authorization Of Release.
  (A) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the department of health shall prescribe the following forms: (1) A...
• Section 3107.51 - Form For Adoptee's Request For Assistance.
  (A) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the department of health shall prescribe a form with which an...
• Section 3107.52 - Access To Records.
  (A) The department of health's records pertaining to proceedings under sections 3107.45 to 3107.53 of the Revised Code are not public records subject to...
• Section 3107.53 - Immunity.
  No officer or employee of the department of health who releases any information contained in an adopted person's adoption file or provides a copy...
• Section 3107.60 - Open Adoption Definitions.
  As used in sections 3107.60 to 3107.68 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agency," "attorney," and "identifying information" have the same meanings as in section...
• Section 3107.61 - Birth Parent May Request Profiles Of Prospective Adoptive Parents And Express Preference.
  At the request of a birth parent who voluntarily chooses to have a child placed for adoption, the agency or attorney arranging the child's...
• Section 3107.62 - Nonbinding Open Adoption Notice.
  An agency or attorney arranging a child's adoptive placement shall inform the child's birth parent and prospective adoptive parent that the birth parent and...
• Section 3107.63 - Birth Parent May Request Open Adoption Agreement.
  (A) A birth parent who voluntarily chooses to have the birth parent's child placed for adoption may request that the agency or attorney arranging...
• Section 3107.64 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-08-1996
• Section 3107.65 - Terms Prohibited In Open Adoption.
  (A) No open adoption shall do any of the following: (1) Provide for the birth parent to share with the prospective adoptive parent parental...
• Section 3107.66 - Request For Nonidentifying Information.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Adopted person" includes both an "adopted person" as defined in section 3107.38 of the Revised Code and...
• Section 3107.67 - Transfer Of Records To Probate Court When Agency Or Attorney Permanently Ceases Arranging Adoptions.
  (A) For the purpose of division (C) of section 3107.66 of the Revised Code, an agency or attorney that arranged an adoption shall provide...
• Section 3107.68 - Providing Of Materials, Photographs And Birth Parent's First Name To Child Or Adoptive Parent.
  A birth parent who signs the component of the form prescribed pursuant to division (A)(1)(d), or (B)(1)(c), of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code...
• Section 3107.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates division (B)(1) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Effective Date: 09-18-1996

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