CHAPTER 60

• Jurisdiction: Washington

CHAPTER 60 ADOPTION

David V. Andersen^*

Alexandra T. Keller^**

Gretchen I. Korb-Nice^***

Summary

§ 60.01 INTRODUCTION

§ 60.02 BACKGROUND

§ 60.03 GENERAL CONCEPTS

[1] What Is Adoption?
[2] Who May Adopt?
[3] Who May Be Adopted?

§ 60.04 HANDLING AN ADOPTION—AN OVERVIEW OF THREE APPROACHES

§ 60.05 PRIVATE ADOPTIONS

[1] Preplacement Report

[a] Contents
[b] Preparation
[c] Notice
[d] Petitioner's Sworn Statement

[2] Initial Contact With Birth Parent
[3] Consent

[a] Initial Considerations
[b] Who Signs the Consent?
[c] Contents of Consent Form
[d] Guardian ad Litem for Minor Parent

[4] Agreements for Post-Adoption Communication and Contact
[5] Petition for Relinquishment and Relinquishment Hearing

[a] Petition
[b] Contents
[c] Notice
[d] Hearing on Petition for Relinquishment
[e] Effect of Termination

[6] Petition for Termination

[a] Contents and Filing
[b] Notice of Termination Hearing
[c] Termination Hearing

[7] Petition for Adoption
[8] Post-Placement Report
[9] Finalization Hearing

[a] Place and Time
[b] Notice
[c] Effect of Decree on Subsequently Appearing Parties

[10] Use of Interrogatories in Lieu of Oral Testimony
[11] Birth Certificate
[12] Post-Adoption Access to Adoption Files
[13] Effect of Adoption on Certain Rights and Benefits

§ 60.06 AGENCY ADOPTION

[1] Definition of "Agency"
[2] Procedure in Agency Adoption

§ 60.07 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES (DCYF): FOSTER-TO-ADOPT

§ 60.08 CONSIDERATIONS IN PRIVATE, AGENCY, AND DCYF ADOPTIONS

§ 60.09 STEPPARENT ADOPTIONS

§ 60.10 INTERSTATE ADOPTIONS

[1] Application of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)
[2] Choice of Law
[3] Procedure

§ 60.11 INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT (ICWA)

§ 60.12 BECOMING PARENTS THROUGH ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES OR SURROGACY

[1] Assisted Reproductive Technologies
[2] Surrogacy

§ 60.13 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

§ 60.14 INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION

[1] Three International Adoption Processes

[a] The Orphan Process
[b] The Hague Convention Process
[c] The Family-Based Immigrant Petition Process

[2] Re-Adoption After International Adoption
[3] Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

§ 60.15 DISCUSSION OF LEGAL ISSUES

[1] Jurisdiction and Venue
[2] Consent for Relinquishment

[a] Construction
[b] Content
[c] Grounds for Revocation

[3] Requirement of Notice
[4] Effect of Adoption on the Laws of Descent and Distribution
[5] Contested Adoptions
[6] Contested Stepparent Adoption

§ 60.16 FORMS AND CHECKLISTS

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Notes:

^[*] David V. Andersen...