23 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 27 - Petition For Adoption

• Chapter Notes

Subchapter A.  Petition

• Section 2701 - Contents Of Petition For Adoption
  A petition for adoption shall set forth: (1) The full name, residence, marital status, age, occupation, religious affiliation and racial background of the adopting...
• Section 2702 - Exhibits
  The petition shall have attached to it the following exhibits: (1) The consent or consents required by section 2711 (relating to consents necessary to...

Subchapter B.  Consents

• Section 2711 - Consents Necessary To Adoption
  (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this part, consent to an adoption shall be required of the following: (1) The adoptee, if over...
• Section 2712 - Consents Not Naming Adopting Parents
  A consent to a proposed adoption meeting all the requirements of this part but which does not name or otherwise identify the adopting parent...
• Section 2713 - When Other Consents Not Required
  The court, in its discretion, may dispense with consents other than that of the adoptee to a petition for adoption when: (1) the adoptee...
• Section 2714 - When Consent Of Parent Not Required
  Consent of a parent to adoption shall not be required if a decree of termination with regard to such parent has been entered. When...

Subchapter C.  Hearings

• Section 2721 - Notice Of Hearing
  The court shall fix a time and place for hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be given to all persons whose consents are required...
• Section 2722 - Place Of Hearing
  The hearing shall be private or in open court as the court deems appropriate.
• Section 2723 - Attendance At Hearing
  The adopting parent or parents and the adoptee must appear at and, if required, testify at the hearing under oath unless the court determines...
• Section 2724 - Testimony And Investigation
  (a) Testimony.--The court shall hear testimony in support of the petition and such additional testimony as it deems necessary to inform it as to...
• Section 2725 - Religious Belief
  The intermediary may honor the preference of the natural parents as to the religious faith in which the adoptive parents intend to rear the...

Subchapter D.  Voluntary Agreement for Continuing Contact

• Section 2731 - Purpose Of Subchapter
  The purpose of this subchapter is to provide an option for adoptive parents and birth relatives to enter into a voluntary agreement for ongoing...
• Section 2732 - 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 2733 - Parties To Agreement
  (a) Prospective adoptive parents and birth relatives.--A prospective adoptive parent of a child may enter into an agreement with a birth relative of the...
• Section 2734 - Consent Of A Child
  If the child is 12 years of age or older, an agreement made under this subchapter may not be entered into without the child's
• Section 2735 - Filing And Approval Of An Agreement
  (a) General rule.--An agreement shall be filed with the court that finalizes the adoption of the child. (b) Conditions for approval.--The court shall approve...
• Section 2736 - Failure To Comply
  Failure to comply with the terms of an agreement that has been approved by the court pursuant to this subchapter shall not be grounds...
• Section 2737 - Modification Of Agreement
  (a) General rule.--Only the adoptive parent or a child who is 12 years of age or older may seek to modify an agreement by...
• Section 2738 - Enforcement Of Agreement
  (a) General rule.--Any party to an agreement, a sibling or a child who is the subject of an agreement may seek to enforce an...
• Section 2739 - Discontinuance Of Agreement
  (a) General rule.--A party to an agreement or a child that is at least 12 years of age or older may seek to discontinue...
• Section 2740 - Procedures For Facilitating And Resolving Agreements Involving A County Child Welfare Agency
  (a) Department to develop procedures.--In termination of parental rights and adoption proceedings involving a county child welfare agency arising from a juvenile dependency case...
• Section 2741 - Counsel
  (a) General rule.--In proceedings under sections 2737 (relating to modification of agreement), 2738 (relating to enforcement of agreement) and 2739 (relating to discontinuance of...
• Section 2742 - Costs
  If the court finds that an action brought under section 2737 (relating to modification of agreement), 2738 (relating to enforcement of agreement) or 2739...

Last modified: October 8, 2016