23 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 25 - Proceedings Prior To Petition To Adopt

• Chapter Notes

Subchapter A.  Voluntary Relinquishment

• Section 2501 - Relinquishment To Agency
  (a) Petition.--When any child under the age of 18 years has been in the care of an agency for a minimum period of three...
• Section 2502 - Relinquishment To Adult Intending To Adopt Child
  (a) Petition.--When any child under the age of 18 years has been for a minimum period of three days in the exclusive care of...
• Section 2503 - Hearing
  (a) General rule.--Upon presentation of a petition prepared pursuant to section 2501 (relating to relinquishment to agency) or section 2502 (relating to relinquishment to...
• Section 2504 - Alternative Procedure For Relinquishment
  (a) Petition to confirm consent to adoption.--If the parent or parents of the child have executed consents to an adoption, upon petition by the...
• Section 2504.1 - Confidentiality
  The court shall take such steps as are reasonably necessary to assure that the identity of the adoptive parent or parents is not disclosed...
• Section 2505 - Counseling
  (a) List of counselors.--Any hospital or other facility providing maternity care shall provide a list of available counselors and counseling services compiled pursuant to...

Subchapter B.  Involuntary Termination

• Section 2511 - Grounds For Involuntary Termination
  (a) General rule.--The rights of a parent in regard to a child may be terminated after a petition filed on any of the following...
• Section 2512 - Petition For Involuntary Termination
  (a) Who may file.--A petition to terminate parental rights with respect to a child under the age of 18 years may be filed by...
• Section 2513 - Hearing
  (a) Time.--The court shall fix a time for hearing on a petition filed under section 2512 (relating to petition for involuntary termination) which shall...

Subchapter C.  Decree of Termination

• Section 2521 - Effect Of Decree Of Termination
  (a) Adoption proceeding rights extinguished.--A decree terminating all rights of a parent or a decree terminating all rights and duties of a parent entered...

Subchapter D.  Reports and Investigation

• Section 2530 - Home Study And Preplacement Report
  (a) General rule.--No intermediary shall place a child in the physical care or custody of a prospective adoptive parent or parents unless a home...
• Section 2531 - Report Of Intention To Adopt
  (a) General rule.--Every person now having or hereafter receiving or retaining custody or physical care of any child for the purpose or with the...
• Section 2532 - Filing Of Report
  The report required by section 2531 (relating to report of intention to adopt) shall be filed within 30 days after the date of receipt...
• Section 2533 - Report Of Intermediary
  (a) General rule.--Within six months after filing the report of intention to adopt, the intermediary who or which arranged the adoption placement of any...
• Section 2534 - Exhibits
  The report of the intermediary shall have attached to it the following exhibits: (1) A birth certificate or certification of registration of birth of...
• Section 2535 - Investigation
  (a) General rule.--When a report required by section 2531 (relating to report of intention to adopt) has been filed, the court shall cause an...

Subchapter E.  Pennsylvania Adoption Cooperative Exchange

• Section 2551 - Definitions
  The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
• Section 2552 - Pennsylvania Adoption Cooperative Exchange
  There shall be a Pennsylvania Adoption Cooperative Exchange in the Office of Children, Youth and Families of the Department of Public Welfare. References in...
• Section 2553 - Registration Of Children
  (a) Mandatory registration.--PACE shall register and be responsible for the review and referral of children for whom parental rights have been terminated for 90...
• Section 2554 - Responsibilities Of Pace
  PACE shall be responsible for the following: (1) Registration of adoptive parent applicants who have been approved by agencies. (2) Accumulation and dissemination of...
• Section 2555 - Responsibilities Of Public And Private Agencies
  All public and licensed private child service agencies shall register all children with PACE for whom parental rights have been terminated for 90 days...
• Section 2556 - Related Activities Of Agencies Unaffected
  This subchapter shall not be construed to limit or delay actions by agencies or institutions to arrange for adoptions or other related matters on...
• Section 2557 - Regulations And Staff
  The department shall promulgate necessary regulations and shall hire the staff which is necessary to implement this subchapter.
• Section 2558 - Retroactive Application Of Subchapter
  This subchapter shall apply retroactively to all children for whom: (1) Parental rights have been terminated and for whom no report of intention to...

Last modified: October 8, 2016