Chapter 25.23. ADOPTION.  


Section 25.23.005. Construction of chapter; rights of persons affected by adoption.
Section 25.23.010. Who may be adopted.
Section 25.23.020. Who may adopt.
Section 25.23.030. Venue.
Section 25.23.040. Persons required to consent to adoption.
Section 25.23.050. Persons as to whom consent and notice not required.
Section 25.23.060. Execution of consent; consent as power of attorney.
Section 25.23.070. Withdrawal of consent.
Section 25.23.080. Petition for adoption.
Section 25.23.090. Report of petitioner's expenditures.
Section 25.23.100. Notice of petition, investigation, and hearing.
Section 25.23.110. Required residence of minor.
Section 25.23.120. Hearing.
Section 25.23.125. Preference of minor to be adopted; guardian ad litem; protective orders.
Section 25.23.127. Adult family member preference to adopt.
Section 25.23.130. Effect of adoption decree; effect of termination of parental rights.
Section 25.23.140. Appeal and validation of adoption decree.
Section 25.23.150. Confidential nature of hearings and records in adoption proceedings.
Section 25.23.160. Recognition of foreign decree affecting adoption.
Section 25.23.170. Applications for birth certificates.
Section 25.23.173. Indian child adoption reports.
Section 25.23.175. Findings concerning persons born outside the United States.
Section 25.23.180. Relinquishment and termination of parent and child relationships.
Section 25.23.185. Records and information.
Section 25.23.190. Subsidy for hard-to-place child.
Section 25.23.200. Investigation of home for subsidized hard-to-place child.
Section 25.23.210. Amount and duration of subsidy payments.
Section 25.23.220. Annual reevaluation of subsidy. [Repealed, Sec. 4 ch 31 SLA 2003].
Section 25.23.230. Regulations.
Section 25.23.240. Definitions.