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Ohio Revised Code

Chapter 3107

Adoption

3107.01Adoption definitions 3107.011Arranging adoptions 3107.012Applying for adoption by foster caregiver 3107.013Furnishing information to foster caregiver seeking to adopt child 3107.014Qualifications of assessors 3107.015Education programs for assessors 3107.016Schedule of education programs 3107.017Standardized form for disclosure of information 3107.02Who may be adopted; placement period before adoption 3107.03Who may adopt 3107.031Assessor to conduct home study - false statements 3107.032Multiple children assessment - when required 3107.033Home study and report rules 3107.034Search report to include abuse/neglect information 3107.035Search of national sex offender web site 3107.04Filing petition - caption 3107.05Contents of petition 3107.051Placement of children requirements 3107.052[Former R.C. 3107.051, renumbered by H.B. 5, 135th General Assembly, effective 3/20/2025] Timeline for submitting adoption petition 3107.055Preliminary estimate and final accounting - summary of proceedings 3107.06Consent to adoption 3107.061Putative father on notice that consent unnecessary 3107.062Putative father registry 3107.063Searching putative father registry 3107.064Filing certified results of search 3107.065Rules governing registry - promoting awareness 3107.066References to department of human services replaced 3107.067Notice to putative father of intent to put child up for adoption 3107.068Obligation of mother 3107.069Proof of notice 3107.0611Notice to putative father 3107.0612Paternity action by putative father 3107.0613Notice of filing of paternity action 3107.0614Validity of notice 3107.07Consent unnecessary 3107.08Executing consent 3107.081Conditions for accepting parent's consent 3107.082Duties of assessor prior to execution of consent 3107.083Contents of form signed by parent 3107.084Withdrawing consent 3107.09Taking social and medical histories of biological parents 3107.091Completing social and medical history forms subsequent to adoption 3107.10Out-of-county adoption - notice to agency where parent resides 3107.101Post-placement prospective adoptive home visit 3107.11Hearing - notice 3107.12Prefinalization assessment of minor and petitioner; physical examination 3107.14Presence of petitioner and adoptee at hearing - continuance - final decree or interlocutory order 3107.141Redoing or supplementing of report or history 3107.15Effect of final decree or interlocutory order of adoption 3107.16Appeals 3107.161Determining best interest of child in contested adoption - burden of proof 3107.17Closed hearing - confidentiality - records 3107.171Disclosure of court that entered order or decree 3107.18Foreign adoption 3107.19Forwarding records to department of health and birth state's vital statistics office 3107.20Termination of child support order 3107.38Right of adopted persons or lineal descendants 3107.381Transfer of releases 3107.39Contact preference form for biological parents 3107.391Biological parent's name redaction request form 3107.392Information on web site 3107.393Attachment of social and medical history form to other forms 3107.394System for contacting biological parents regarding medical history 3107.45Access to adoption records additional definitions 3107.46Birth parent may file denial of release 3107.47Adult adoptee or adoptive parent may request copy of file 3107.48Adoptee's request for assistance to birth parent or sibling in finding name by adoption 3107.49Birth parent or adult sibling may request assistance 3107.50Forms for denial or authorization of release 3107.51Form for adoptee's request for assistance 3107.52Access to records 3107.53Immunity 3107.60Open adoption definitions 3107.61Birth parent may request profiles of prospective adoptive parents and express preference 3107.62Nonbinding open adoption notice 3107.63Birth parent may request open adoption agreement 3107.65Terms prohibited in open adoption 3107.66Request for nonidentifying information 3107.67Transfer of records to probate court when agency or attorney permanently ceases arranging adoptions 3107.68Providing of materials, photographs and birth parent's first name to child or adoptive parent 3107.99Penalty