Attachments to an adoption petition
[R60, §2601; C73, §2308; C97, §3251; C24, §10497; C27, 31, 35, §10501-b3; C39, §10501.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.3; C77, 79, 81, §600.6] 89 Acts, ch 140, §1; 99 Acts, ch 43, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 57, §3; 2022 Acts, ch 1096, §7
An adoption petition shall have attached to it the following:
- 1. A certified copy of the birth certificate showing parentage of the person to be adopted or, if such certificate is not available, a verified birth record.
- 2. A copy of any order terminating parental rights with respect to the person to be adopted.
- 3. If parental rights were terminated pursuant to chapter 232, a copy of any court orders concerning whether ongoing contact between siblings not placed with the person to be adopted is in the best interest of each sibling.
- 4. Any written consent and verified statement required under section 600.7, except the consent required under subsection 1, paragraph “d”, of that section.
- 5. Any preplacement investigation report that has been prepared at the time of filing pursuant to section 600.8.
- 6. In the case of a standby adoption as defined in section 600.14A, a form completed by the terminally ill parent consenting to termination of parental rights and adoption of the child by a person or persons specified in the consent form, effective at a future date when the terminally ill parent of the child has died or requests that a final adoption decree be issued.
NEW subsection 3 and former subsections 3 – 5 renumbered as 4 – 6
[R60, §2601; C73, §2308; C97, §3251; C24, §10497; C27, 31, 35, §10501-b3; C39, §10501.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §600.3; C77, 79, 81, §600.6] 89 Acts, ch 140, §1; 99 Acts, ch 43, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 57, §3; 2022 Acts, ch 1096, §7
Referred to in §600.14A